ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382203
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Date: | Friday 15 April 1983 |
Time: | 16:15 LT |
Type: | Cessna A188B |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N731VY |
MSN: | 18803201T |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 464 hours |
Engine model: | Continental IO-520D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Williamson, NY -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Williamson, NY (3G7) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. THE PILOT HAD A LOAD OF 125 GALLONSOF A FUNGICIDE FOR SPRAYING TREES WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL. THE LOAD WAS DUMPED AND THE ACFT WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT FOR A LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE ACFT CONTACTED A TREE ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE FIELD AND ROTATED ABOUT 45DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. IT THEN LANDED AND BOUNCED AROUND AND ENDED UP HEADING NORTH IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY RUN WITH THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP ON. THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP (PN 638154-1) HAD SEIZED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD SHEARED. THE SEIZURE OCCURRED AT THE SHAFT SEAL (P/N 13507).
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC83FFJ01 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC83FFJ01
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