- Date
- November 4, 1983, 16:25 local (Nov 5, 1983, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2556DPiper PA38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831104057839A
- Case key
- 23901
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landing gear collapsed during an off rwy but on arpt forced landing. The pilot had just completed the annual inspection and was testing the acft. At 150 ft AGL during takeoff the engine quit. The plt landed on rough terrain ABOUT1/4 mile west of the departure end of the rwy. The post accident investigation revealed minor foreign contaminates in both fuel tanks. The main fuel line to the carburetor inlet union did not contain any fuel. Fuel however was found in the gascolator bowl. The electric fuel boost pump filter contained extensive foreign contaminates. The carburetor and fuel pump were bench tested and the carburetor bowl flooded at an input pressure of 3.8 # PSI. At 5# PSI the fuel level in the bowl should be about 1/2 inch from the bowl top when the float shuts off the fuel. The float assembly did not submerge when placed in fuel. The float level was set at 8/32 inch. The service limit is 7/32 inch. According to a testing technician the failure of the float was probably due to contamination in the float valve seat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2556D
- Reported as
- Piper PA38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0371
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Omni Aviation
- Registered owner
- Kenneth I. Crowder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- L66 · Corona Municipal, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 2 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 5 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.