- Date
- December 7, 1991, 13:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place
- Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2496North American-Kenney T-28D-5, NA-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911207055329A
- Case key
- 27516
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Probable cause
An inadequate annual inspection performed by the mechanic. Contributing to this accident was the deterioration of the fuel bladder self-sealing lining and partial blockage of the fuel screens.
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 certificated airline pilot and a passenger departed in a surplus military combat aircraft for a local area flight. About 300 feet above the ground, the engine lost power. The pilot executed an emergency landing in an open field with the landing gear retracted. During the landing, one propeller blade separated from the engine and struck the right wing, damaging the wing spar. The occupants were not injured. A post accident examination of the engine found no mechanical failure. During repair of the wings, the military style self-sealing fuel bladders self-seal lining were found deteriorated and the fuel screens were partially blocked by the fuel cell material.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2496
- Reported as
- North American-Kenney T-28D-5, NA-260 (T-28D-5, N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-1496
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Wright R1820-86A, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenney, Brian P.
- Registered owner
- Kenney, Brian P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1991 · 2 hours before
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 148 in this make and model · 9,700 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.