# NTSB MIA83LA222: Bucker Flugzeugbau Casa 1-131E, N2305Z, Pensacola, FL, September 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 6, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Coordinates: 30.349069, -87.319862 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3491&lon=-87.3199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30936
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30936/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA222

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - ignition system,magneto - improper (cause)
  - maintenance - improper (cause)
  - fuel system,screen - blocked(partial)
  - fuel system,carburetor - blocked(partial)
  - fuel system,pump - foreign object
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TKOF THE ENG LOST PWR AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO EXECUTE AN EMERG LNDG. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TOUCHDOWN ON A HIGHWAY. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN THE MAGNETO TIMING WAS FOUND TO BE RETARDED 24 DEGREES ON THE LEFT MAGNETO FOR ALL CYLINDERS. MAGNETO TIMING WAS FOUND TO BE RETARDED 66 DEGREES FOR THE IMPULSE CYLINDERS AND 47 DEGREES FOR THE OTHER TWO CYLINDERS ON THE RIGHT MAGNETO. THE FUEL INLET SCREEN WAS FOUND TO BE PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED WITH LINT AND METAL FLAKES. A PAINT FLAKE WAS FOUND TO BE PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE AIR PASSAGEWAY TO THE EMULSION TUBE IN THE CARBURETOR. A CYLINDRICAL PIECE OF METAL WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVE SECTION OF THE FUEL PUMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2305Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bucker Flugzeugbau CASA 1-131E (CASA 1-131)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36L
- Airframe hours: 1310
- Engines: ENMA G-IV-A2 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Rene L. Minjares
- Registered owner: Barnstormer Aero Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 2, 1982, 120 hours before
- Departed: 82J, PENSACOLA, FL
- Airport: 82J, Ferguson, runway 36, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,872 total, 123 in this make and model, 3,771 as pilot in command, 101 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PNS, 3 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830906048959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830906048959A), Sep 6, 1983: Buker JUNGMANN1131, Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Engine gradually lost power to idle on takeoff. Crash landed on a road. Found a cylindrical object in fuel pump.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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