ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381105
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Date: | Tuesday 16 August 1983 |
Time: | 19:15 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28RT-201T |
Owner/operator: | Marine Air Limited |
Registration: | N8242L |
MSN: | 283-8031148 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1400 hours |
Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Basye, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Fredrick, MD (KFDK) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS GIVING THE PRIVATE PLT A FAMILIARIZATION FLT. DURING AN APCH TO RWY 23 AT BASYE, VA, AT DUSK, THE ACFT GOT LOW & THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO ADD POWER. HOWEVER, WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, THE ENG REPORTEDLY DID NOT RESPOND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY, THEN ROLLED ACROSS A DRAINAGE LEVEE WHERE THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. LATER AFTER THE ENG WAS REPAIRED, IT LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF. THE EMERGENCY BOOST PUMP WAS TURNED ON & POWER WAS RESTORED. THE PLT RETURNED FOR LANDING & TURNED THE BOOST PUMP OFF ON SHORT FINAL & POWER WAS LOST AGAIN, BUT POWER WAS AGAIN RESTORED WHEN IT WAS TURNED ON. THE ENG DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED & THE ACFT WAS TEST FLOWN AGAIN & OPERATED NORMALLLY. THE FUEL PUMP THAT WAS REMOVED WAS BENCH TESTED LATER, BUT WAS FOUND TO MEET THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL83LA327 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL83LA327
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