- Date
- May 29, 1993, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MS
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5783VBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930529015529A
- Case key
- 33277
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Probable cause
A ruptured center bellows seal in the fuel servo and/or a plugged fuel injector due to contamination (rust) from the fuel servo. Factors related to the accident were: improper servicing of the aircraft, and people and trees in the emergency landing area.
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
Shortly after takeoff, the engine began to run rough and lose power. The pilot initiated a forced landing on a golf course, but intentionally landed in trees to avoid golfers on the course. Examination of the engine revealed that the fuel servo center bellows seal was ruptured, which would have resulted in a rich mixture. Also, the fuel servo unit was contaminated with rust material, and one fuel injector was plugged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5783V
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA 42
- Airframe hours
- 2,517
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fleming, Eldridge E.
- Registered owner
- Fleming, Eldridge E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1992 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- LUL
- Destination
- LUL
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,098 total · 315 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIB, 24 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.