- Date
- March 24, 1982, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chipley, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3870XRockwell Commander AC-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820324008129A
- Case key
- 70238
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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 student pilot/mechanic was attempting to fly the aircraft from where the owner kept the aircraft to the maintainance facility approximately 4 miles away. The pilot stated that just after level off the engine quit. A road was selected to land on but at the last minute the pilot elected to land in a nearby field due to oncoming traffic. After clearing some trees the aircraft lost airspeed and stalled about 10 feet off the ground. Examination of the engine revealed that the fuel strainer was full of water. The aircraft had not flown for 5 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3870X
- Reported as
- Rockwell Commander AC-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 167
- Airframe hours
- 885
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- John E. Crutchfield
- Registered owner
- John E. Crutchfield
- Departed
- Chipley, FL
- Destination
- Chipley, FL
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 80 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Temperature
- 153 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 35 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.