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MIA83LA222 · Bucker Flugzeugbau CASA 1-131E CASA 1-131

6 Sept 1983 · Pensacola, FL, United States

Bucker Flugzeugbau CASA 1-131E CASA 1-131 · Accident: partial loss of engine power (mechanical failure) during initial climb

From Roscoe Field (82J) to an unrecorded destination

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Event

NTSB case
MIA83LA222
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Visual Meteorological Cond

Bucker Flugzeugbau CASA 1-131E CASA 1-131

Aircraft type
Bucker CASA 1
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N2305Z
Operator
Rene L. Minjares · private individual
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Roscoe Field (82J), Pensacola, FLTo not recorded
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Initial climb
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Partial loss of engine power (mechanical failure)
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Substantial

Cause areas

  • Ignition system, magneto › Improper
  • Maintenance › Improper

Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.

NTSB narrative

SHORTLY AFTER TKOF THE ENG LOST PWR AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO EXECUTE AN EMERG LNDG. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TOUCHDOWN ON A HIGHWAY. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN THE MAGNETO TIMING WAS FOUND TO BE RETARDED 24 DEGREES ON THE LEFT MAGNETO FOR ALL CYLINDERS. MAGNETO TIMING WAS FOUND TO BE RETARDED 66 DEGREES FOR THE IMPULSE CYLINDERS AND 47 DEGREES FOR THE OTHER TWO CYLINDERS ON THE RIGHT MAGNETO. THE FUEL INLET SCREEN WAS FOUND TO BE PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED WITH LINT AND METAL FLAKES. A PAINT FLAKE WAS FOUND TO BE PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE AIR PASSAGEWAY TO THE EMULSION TUBE IN THE CARBURETOR. A CYLINDRICAL PIECE OF METAL WAS FOUND IN THE DRIVE SECTION OF THE FUEL PUMP.

Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset

Sources

NTSB record MIA83LA222
Event ID
20001214X44629
Case number
MIA83LA222
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: 357a4a8edbd6f5cebb25abd22d635ec0811712ea03e26664b8b82f8d60697205; retrieved 2026-09-23T21:24:32.019Z.