- Date
- April 25, 1982, 19:45 local (Apr 26, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- League City, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1838FBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71401
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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
At about 200 ft the eng abruptly quit. The plt was unable to restart the eng by switching tanks & turning the boost pump on. The acft was landed gear up in an open field adjacent to the rwy. Just prior to the eng failure the plt noticed that the fuel pressure was off the gauge at the high end. The eng driven fuel pump appeared to have been assembled with dirt & torn seal embedded in the valve bore. This contamination could cause a sticking of the valve which would produce erratic fuel flow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1838F
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E8-262
- Airframe hours
- 69
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W.J. Jinkins
- Registered owner
- W.J. Jinkins
- Departed
- League City, TX
- Destination
- Galveston, TX
- Airport
- Houston Gulf, runway 13, 5,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 637 total · 24 in this make and model · 557 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles