- Date
- July 31, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Agawam, MA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57507Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820731033849A
- Case key
- 69698
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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
While setting up to land on rwy 23, the plt throttled back the eng & it quit. The acft crashed into a wooded area approximately 1/4 mi from the end of the rwy. During the post-accident eng run, the eng would not maintain 700 RPM at idle (manufacturers recommended idle speed), dropped to 250 RPM & finally stopped. A flow check of the fuel injector was 3 pph low at idle setting & was brought up to specs by turning the idle adjusting wheel approximately 2-1/2 turns.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57507
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34473
- Airframe hours
- 1,281
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald S. Grant
- Registered owner
- Gerald S. Grant
- Departed
- Westfield, MA
- Destination
- Westfield, MA
- Airport
- Bowles Airport, runway 23
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,790 total · 251 in this make and model · 561 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.