- Date
- August 4, 1985, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Griffith, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6937QBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850804036219A
- Case key
- 13181
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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 preflight and takeoff were uneventful. Shortly after takeoff the plt experienced a partial pwr loss and discovered that he could not maintain level flt. He then performed a forced landing in a fld. Following the accident an FAA airworthiness inspector examined the wreckage and noted nothing wrong with the eng. The following components were aldo noted to be operaional: the electric boost pump, the eng driven fuel pump and both fuel tanks were 3/4 full of 100LL aviation fuel. Lastly, both fuel sumps were drained with no noticeable water or other contaminants present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6937Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1083
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Briffith Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1985 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Destination
- SBN · South Bend, IN
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 1 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.