Power Failure on Takeoff

Like a tornado, the Musketeer touched down near a trailer park. Luckily for the residents, and for the two aboard, nobody was hurt.

There's a couple broken pine trees, and a Musketeer with some damage; but the heads-up handling by pilot John Boldt, 62, was good enough to keep the machine in one piece, something for which his passenger, Jim Casey, 69, is no doubt grateful.

The two didn't even have to walk all the way out of the swampy area where the little Beech finally skidded to a stop, its gear consigned to the sandy mud somewhere nearby: they were picked up by a Sheriff's Department helicopter.

**   Report created 8/28/2003   Record 3  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 2322Q        Make/Model: BE23      Description: 23 Musketeer, Sundowner
  Date: 08/27/2003     Time: 1307
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
  City: PUNTA GORDA   State: FL   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, LOST POWER AND CRASHED 200-300 FT FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, PUNTA GORDA, FL
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Take-off      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: UNK                         Dep Date:    Dep. Time:
  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK
  FAA FSDO: TAMPA, FL  (SO35)                     Entry date: 08/28/2003