- Date
- September 25, 1988, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31TBAerospatiale TB-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880925040129A
- Case key
- 34643
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that when the acft was at aprx 150' to 200' AGL on final apch, the eng lost pwr & would not restart. Unable to rch the rwy, he lndd about 50' short on soft trrn, where the gear collapsed & the acft was dmgd. Only about 12 ounces of fuel was remaining in the left tank, but 13 gal was fnd in the rgt tank. Drg post-acdnt checks, 3 gal of fuel was added to the left tank. However, the eng would not start irregardless of the fuel selector psn. When an independent fuel source was connected to the inlet fuel line, the eng started & operated normally. However, when the eng was reconnected to the acft fuel sys, it ran only briefly & would not restart, even though fuel in the tanks exceeded the unusable lvl of 1.3 gal/tank. A test of the boost pump showed that at 23 PSI, its flow rate was 9 gph; the pump specification was for 35 gph at 23 PSI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31TB
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale TB-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 483
- Airframe hours
- 1,024
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4D5D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walker, Karl C.
- Registered owner
- Walker, Karl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 21, 1988 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- MLI · Moline, IL
- Destination
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OMA · Eppley, runway 17, 8,153 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 241 total · 23 in this make and model · 206 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 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.