- Date
- August 5, 1990, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N599BBRockwell 680-E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900805030229A
- Case key
- 32564
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the flight with a known unairworthy mechanical condition resulting in a subsequent loss of engine power and forced landing.
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
About 5-10 min after takeoff the pilot leaned the mixture on a rough running eng. About 30 min laterfter the left eng began to overspeed. The plt was unable to feather the prop. The plt returned toward the departure point with max power on the right eng. Unable to reach the arpt, an emerg landing was made on a highway, directional control was lost, and the airplane collided with trees. Last annual was in 1978. Left prop start lock pin blade L3 corroded, in ext psn. Left prop pitch control cable separated, frayed, corroded. General deterioration of piston rings and #6 conrod. Right prop governor control cables corroded, frayed. Right eng #5 intake pipe connection and hose missing. All compression rings pistons #1 and #5 severely worn, top two compression rings piston #2 seized. No record that the airplane had been inspected by an A&P mechanic or FAA approved airframe repair station. Plt stated flight manual not available or used during ground or flight operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N599BB
- Reported as
- Rockwell 680-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680-372-57
- Engine
- Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon Brumm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1978 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- Unknown
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 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.