- Date
- May 1, 1985, 15:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7415CLockheed PV-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850501015179A
- Case key
- 24712
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following a dural engine chang, the plt test flew the acft. On initial climb, at about 500 ft AGL, both engines began backfiring violently & lost power. According to the plt, power sufficient for flt could not be obtained, & a forced ldg was made about 0.75 miles from the arpt. The ldg occurred in open desert terrain & the acft was substantially damaged. The plt acknowledged that he did not check the position of the control handles for the superchargers during either his pre-flight or pre-takeoff inspections. And the blowers had been inadvertently left set to the high blower position. According to the plt, the checklist which he was using for the acft did not address the position of the blowers because for the past 15 yrs it had been company policy to 'wire the blowers to the low blower position.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7415C
- Reported as
- Lockheed PV-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 151608
- Engine
- P&W R-2800-31, 1,450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Globe Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- FFZ · Mesa, 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,750 total · 220 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °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.