- Date
- February 21, 1987, 14:56 local (19:56 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47EEBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19870221003119A
- Case key
- 31752
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg the takeoff roll, lgt colored smoke was seen trailing the the acft. The plt rprtd that at 100 to 200 ft AGL, the englost partial pwr. He said he checked all ctls & raised the lndg gear. Witnesses rprtd that at about that time, heavy smoke bgn trailing the acft & the eng backfired & quit. The plt said the safety plt then took ctl & atmtd to return to the arpt. At about that time, the acft stalled, dscndd out of ctl & crashed at the edge of a lake. Rsn for the initial pwr loss was not determined. The elec boost pump was fnd in the hi psn after the acdnt. The flt manual warned that the hi boost pump must not be used unless the eng driven fuel pump had failed; otherwise, increased pressure fm the hi boostpump would result in eng roughness; in some cases, eng combustion may cease. The eng operated normally in a test cell after the acdnt. When another eng was tested, loss of pwr occurred 3 to 5 sec after the hi boost pump was activated. Also, a crack was fnd in the turbocharger inlet pipe, but duplication of this resulted in only a minor pwr loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47EE
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-272
- Airframe hours
- 830
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond C. Barget
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1986 · 64 hours before
- Destination
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 7, 6,000 × 150 ft, water
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 278 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 1 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.