- Date
- May 15, 1986, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10583Boeing PT-13/E-75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860515017519A
- Case key
- 22025
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had just departed the arpt, started to turn crosswind at 500 ft and began climbing, when the eng started sputtering and lost pwr. He did not have enough alt to return to the arpt and had to ditch the acft 200 yds off the north end of the rwy. No reason for the eng failure, as reported by the plt, could be found during post accident examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10583
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-13/E-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5899
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-B4, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark J. Minor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986
- Airport
- 30F · Lakeview
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 822 total · 533 in this make and model · 512 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AD, 8 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.