- Date
- January 19, 1986, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fernandina Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2520WBeech B24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860119000899A
- Case key
- 31565
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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 plt stated that just after he rotated, he experienced a loss of power, extended his landed gear & landed hard causing a collapse of the landing gear. Post crash examination of the eng revealed that the right magneto was improperly timed & the left magneto was loose and free to rotate which would cause the loss of eng power as described by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2520W
- Reported as
- Beech B24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-193
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360 A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Shields Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- American Nat'L Bnk Of Brunswic
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- SSJ · Fernandina Bch, FL
- Airport
- SSJ · Fernandina Beach, runway 26, 4,300 × 150 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,170 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 17 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 20 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.