- Date
- November 26, 1982, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Near Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2VBMaule M-5-220C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821126062469A
- Case key
- 71907
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot reported that during flight, the engine stopped and the cockpit filled with smoke. He shut down fuel to the engine and started to glide toward an airport, but it was too FAR away. He then selected a field, but had to stay high on final approach to avoid a tv antenna. The field sloped downhill and the pilot was unable to slow the plane enough to stop before the end. Therefore, he pulled the plane up and came to rest in a tree top. The doors were jammed, so he broke out a window with his hands. The pilot stated that he climbed out and down a tree, but the passenger (his wife) remained in the tree and waited to be rescued. She went to a hospital where gasoline was rinsed off and she was examined. A teardown of the engine revealed that the #3 piston pin, franklin pn 20504F, had failed. The engine had a total of 367 hrs flying time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2VB
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5051C
- Airframe hours
- 367
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Victor Beltram
- Registered owner
- Victor Beltram
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Destination
- HKY · Charlotte, NC
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 451 total · 367 in this make and model · 294 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 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.