- Date
- August 14, 1984, 19:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7834Aero Commander 520
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840814073149A
- Case key
- 31173
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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 acft collided with a fence at the departure end of the rwy during takeoff. The acft tires were grossly under inflated and the turf rwy was wet and soft. One witness said the acft made an intersection takeoff without using the entire rwy length. After the collision the acfts rt engine failed and was feathered. The plt then flew to Stuart arpt where fire fighting equip was available. He said the nose gear retracted on landing. Examination of the acft by a local mechanic revealed that the rt eng was seized with the oil cooler crushed and ruptured rearward. No oil was found in the engine. The tire pressures were: nose-5 PSI, left main-20 PSI, right main-18 PSI. Normal pressure should have been 60 PSI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7834
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 520-92
- Airframe hours
- 4,303
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435-C2, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry J. Basham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 16, 1984
- Departed
- X58 · Indiantown, FL
- Destination
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- SUA · Stuart, runway 20, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 14 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.
Other investigations on N7834 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.