- Date
- May 19, 1983, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3201KGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830519020209A
- Case key
- 35188
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Analysis
The engine quit at 250 feet during the takeoff climb. No cause for the engine failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3201K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1194
- Airframe hours
- 2,016
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman J. Adrian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- BED · Hanscom Field, runway 23, 5,106 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,870 total · 723 in this make and model · 1,790 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.