- Date
- December 18, 1982, 12:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fair Oaks, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N218BBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821218064969A
- Case key
- 70645
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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
During takeoff, the engine lost power at about 50 ft AGL after the pilot had raised the gear. Reportedly, there was insufficient time to extend the gear, so a wheels-up landing was made on the remaining portion of the runway. An investigation revealed that a strainer in the carburetor was about three quarters clogged with a fine lint-like material associated with the fuel tank liner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N218B
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-4546
- Airframe hours
- 5,667
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cawms Aero Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cawms Aero Inc.
- Departed
- 011 · Fair Oaks, CA
- Destination
- Auburn, CA
- Airport
- 011 · Phoenix Field, runway 36, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,904 total · 1,074 in this make and model · 1,812 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 117 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.