- Date
- June 8, 1986, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N78RTRandy Tredo Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860608022159A
- Case key
- 31648
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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 takeoff he lost all engine power and upon landing in an open field the gear collapsed. Examination of the eng revealed that the butterfly valve in the carburetor heat box broke off and slid back into the carburetor opening and blocked the airflow, causing the complete loss of power experienced by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78RT
- Reported as
- Randy Tredo Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 885
- Airframe hours
- 214
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Murty, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1986
- Departed
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Destination
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 203 total · 120 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 30 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.