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ATL86LA071

1986-02-09 · COLUMBIA, South Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

WHILE ON CROSSWIND FOLLOWING TAKEOFF THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER AFTER CLIMBING TO 500 FEET AGL. THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN TOWARD A FIELD AND COLLIDED WITH TREES ON THE APPROACH END OF THE FIELD. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE INDUCTION AIR HOSE HAD COLLAPSED AND WAS DRAWN INTO THE INDUCTION SYSTEM, RESTRICTING THE FLOW OF INDUCTION AIR TO THE ENGINE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_ATL86LA071.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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