Greenwood Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Greenwood, Indiana 46143
Saturday, November 17, 2001 11:45 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane impacted and veered off the runway during a single engine approach and landing at the departure airport. A loss of engine power occurred during climbout from the airport in marginal visual meteorological conditions. Examination of the engine revealed the number three cylinder's intake valve was stuck in the open position.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the directional control not maintained by the pilot. A contributing factor was the stuck open intake valve on the left engine.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/17/2001
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1145
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City Greenwood
Event State INDIANA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 46143
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Greenwood Municipal Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HFY
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 822
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1130 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 315
Weather Observation Facility ID IND
Elevation of weather observation facility 797
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 11
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0.25
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 11
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.39
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 11984
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Nov 17 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1144
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jul 15 2002 12:15PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Indianapolis FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3846Z
NTSB Number CHI02LA035
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model 76
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number ME-401
Certified Max Gross Weight 3900
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Sep 28 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Allen Aviation LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 489 S State Road 135 STE C
Aircraft Owner City Greenwood
Aircraft Owner State IN
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 46142
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Greenwood Aviation
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 799 E County Line Road
Operator City Greenwood
Operator State IN
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 46143
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code HFY
Departure City Greenwood
Departure State IN
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1130
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code MQJ
Destination City Greenfield
Destination State IN
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jun 20 2002 8:10AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 01
Runway Length 4300
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --