- Date
- September 22, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgregor, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8403KUnivair 108-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850922077889A
- Case key
- 12891
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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 contacted trees off the departure end of rwy 18 during a forced landing following a loss of pwr on takeoff. Post accident inspection revealed the fuel selector was positioned for the left tank and the left tank contained no fuel. The carburetor did not contain fuel nor did the left tank fuel lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8403K
- Reported as
- Univair 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-1403
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-165-83, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Hanson
- Registered owner
- Airplane Service,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1982
- Departed
- Mcgregor, MN
- Destination
- Lino Lakes, MN
- Airport
- Bub Johnson, runway 18, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 37 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIB, 47 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.