- Date
- September 28, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2476TNavion G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820928051039A
- Case key
- 70503
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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
At approximately 75-100 ft the eng quit. The acft landed with the gear up & slid off the end of the rwy approximately 200-300 ft. the plt acknowledged taking off with the fuel selector on the empty left tip tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2476T
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV42476
- Airframe hours
- 2,128
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-H, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eugene E. Curran
- Registered owner
- Eugene E. Curran
- Departed
- Doylestown, PA
- Destination
- Doylestown, PA
- Airport
- Doylestown, runway 23, 2,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 382 total · 382 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2476T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.