- Date
- July 23, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68020Dimaria BD-4D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830723048789A
- Case key
- 35098
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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
Pre-takeoff run-up was normal. As the acft lifted off the rwy the eng quit. The acft ran off the rwy onto soft ground & flipped over. The only eng malfunction found was low compression in the #1 cylinder due to both valves being stuck partially open. All fuel had drained from the fuel tanks while the acft lay upside down. There were no quick drains in the wing fuel tanks; plugs were installed instead. Fuel can only be checked for contamination by draining fuel from the quick drain at the firewall filter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68020
- Reported as
- Dimaria BD-4D
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 430
- Airframe hours
- 240
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph Dimaria
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983 · 26 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Alexandria Field
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 310 total · 202 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.