- Date
- April 8, 1989, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Reddington Bch., FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N599WBBeech F-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890408006879A
- Case key
- 32420
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 instructor pilot and the rated pilot/owner were climbing during a dual instrument training flight when the engine failed. They both attempted multiple engine re-starts to no avail. They ditched the airplane, it sank and they were rescued. After the airplane was recovered, the engine was rinsed and reserviced with oil. The engine started and performed normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N599WB
- Reported as
- Beech F-33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-1272
- Airframe hours
- 130
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilbur B. Bassett, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1988 · 130 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 279 total · 100 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 11 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.