- Date
- July 13, 1982, 17:45 local (Jul 14, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Schellville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N27GPMitsubishi MU-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820713032119A
- Case key
- 72570
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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 approximately 800 ft down the left side of the rwy the left eng experienced a power loss. The acft swerved off the left side of the rwy colliding with a drainage ditch & coming to rest inverted. Examination of the fuel control unit revealed that the bellows within the assembly were found in an extended position, indicating a leak into the evacuated area. A failure was noted at the seam in the bellows. In addition, examination of the propeller revealed that the start locks were engaged & the blades were at the start lock position at impact. In order to engage the start locks, the powerlever has to be moved to reverse during shutdown with the eng RPM below 50%. After eng start the plt must again retard the power levers to reverse to disengage the start locks. The locks will not disengage after the power lever is set to the flight range.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27GP
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 027
- Airframe hours
- 2,254
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331-25AA, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Marshall Jr.
- Registered owner
- Robert Marshall Jr.
- Departed
- 0Q3 · Schellville, CA
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Airport
- 0Q3 · Schellville, runway 7, 2,900 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 134 in this make and model · 6,300 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- 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.