- Date
- August 2, 1983, 18:14 local (23:14 UTC)
- Place
- Verona, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8016RBeech A24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802048759A
- Case key
- 12288
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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 acft lost power during cruise and was damaged in an off arpt forced landing. During the landing roll in a field, acft contacted a fence and collapsed the nose gear. Examination of the bendix fuel injector SN30479, model RSA-5AD1 revealed that the fuel inlet finger screen was clogged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8016R
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-6
- Airframe hours
- 1,153
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A18, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerome J. Ripp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- W106 · Waunakee, WI
- Destination
- W104 · Verona, WI
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 10 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.