Temco GLODE SWIFT N2311B

Summary

On 12 September 1986 at about 00:15 local time, a Temco GLODE SWIFT registered N2311B was involved in an accident near Temple, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 September 1986 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Temple, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Charping (5TA1)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Temco GLODE SWIFT

Registration

N2311B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Temple → Temple

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW86LA165

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT DEPARTED RWY 36 AT CHARPING FIELD TO PERFORM TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT ENG QUIT ON FINAL APCH. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND SHORT OF THE AIRFIELD WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED BECAUSE OF A POWER LINE ALONG THE FINAL APCH PATH. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE #2 AND #4 CYLINDERS HAD LOW COMPRESSION. INTERNAL SEALS ON THE #6 CYLINDER WERE FOUND LOOSE WITH SOME PORTIONS OF GASKET MATERIAL MISSING. THE LEFT MAGNETO POINT BARELY MOVED, WIPER ARMS ON BOTH MAGMETOS WERE BURNT AND CONTACTS WERE SEVERLY WORN. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE ACFT WAS IN 9/1985.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.