- Date
- June 27, 1983, 18:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kenedy, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5040KRyan NAVION-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830627027139A
- Case key
- 20945
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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
After taking off, the eng began to lose power. The plt said it quit & restarted several times while he was trying to return to the arpt. During an emergency landing, about 3 mi from the arpt, the plt elected to land with the gear retracted since there were terraces in the landing area. There reason for the power loss was not verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5040K
- Reported as
- Ryan NAVION-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1695
- Airframe hours
- 3,075
- Engine
- Continental E-185-9, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth J. Mahaffey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1983
- Destination
- CRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport
- 2 R9 · Karnes Co.
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 900 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- 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.