- Date
- May 13, 1984, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Payson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2005UTaylorcraft F21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840513016899A
- Case key
- 24260
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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
The acft was landed 200 ft short of the rwy in bushes after the engine hesitated during the plts application of throttle in an attempt to reach the rwy. An FAA inspector found the magneto timing set to 23 plus degrees rather than the prescribed 20 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2005U
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F21
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F1013
- Airframe hours
- 190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas A. Butler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1984 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- Horseshoe Dam, AZ
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 446 total · 127 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °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.
Other investigations on N2005U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.