# NTSB MIA84LA249: Alon A2, N5609F, Vero Beach, FL, September 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1984, 18:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 27.639106, -80.390708 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6391&lon=-80.3907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31190/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA249

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - fuel system,pump - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH MAIL BOXES DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PLT SAID HE LOST ALL ENGINE POWERWHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 1800 FT AGL. POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE GASKET ON THE FUEL TRANSFER PUMP BOWL HAD FAILED. AFTER REPLACING THE GASKET THE ENGINE RAN WITH NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5609F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5609F), registered now, S/N A-209, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALON A2
- Registry model: [Alon A2](https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (registry code 0540102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A-209
- Airframe hours: 2641
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C90-16F 95 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Calbey G. Schmidt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 8, 1984
- Departed: VRB, VERO BEACH, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 581 total, 298 in this make and model, 517 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 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 19840903049599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840903049599A), Sep 3, 1984: Univar A2ALON, Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit, landed onm road, hit 6 mail boxes. Bolt securing dome of fuel transfer pump mistorqued, gasket dry.

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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