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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtrth THORP T-18 · Oakwood, IL · May 26, 1984

Date: May 26, 1984 · 13:41 local
Place: Oakwood, IL
Airport: Lee Landing Area
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N2377
Reported as: Amtrth THORPT18
Reported engine: Lycoming O360B1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 596 total506 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N2377Registered now · Young THORP T-18S/N 16408488 · Built 1970 Airframe modelYoung THORP T-18 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine lost power. Found a screen had broken loose which held air filter in place. Air filter sucked into carb.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. FOUND A SCREEN HAD BROKEN LOOSE WHICH HELD AIR FILTER IN PLACE. AIR FILTER SUCKED INTO CARB.