- Date
- August 3, 1983, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62290Goodyear FG1D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830803037799A
- Case key
- 12032
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that during the takeoff roll, there was a slight loss of manifold pressure. This was followed by a loud 'misfire', a futher loss of manifold pressure & a drop in the eng RPM. With an estimated 2000 ft of rwy remaining, he elect to abort & used heavy braking action in an attempt to stop before reaching a roadway. However, the acft continued off the rwy, and subsequently, it nosed over. An invistigation revealed that a spring, p&w pn: 153003, in the impeller fuel feed valve assembly was completely deteriorated. The absence of spring tension on the air side of the fuel diaphram resulted in a low metered fuel pressure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62290
- Reported as
- Goodyear FG1D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3890
- Airframe hours
- 885
- Engine
- P&W R-2800-8W, 2,000 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Business Aviation Services
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- FCM · Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport
- MIC · Crystal, runway 31L, 3,250 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 16,710 total · 15 in this make and model · 16,487 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.