- Date
- December 30, 1983, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N37123Beech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831230064409A
- Case key
- 35401
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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
The plt reported that 'at 450 MSL fuel pressure went to zero. The plt verified the boost pump was on, then the eng quit. He lowered the nose, switched fuel tanks. He could not make runway and saw clearing to the left of the runway. Witnesses reported hearing the acft backfire, turn, and plunge to the ground in a near vertical attitude. Investigation revealed no condition which would contribute to an eng failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37123
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AK4, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Hamilton
- Departed
- BLM · Farmingdale, NJ
- Airport
- Allaire, runway 32, 7,000 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.