19870327007479A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrth THORP T 18 · Riverside, CA · March 27, 1987

Date
March 27, 1987 · 16:30 local
Place
Riverside, CA
Airport
Riverside Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N26CK
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87LA158
Reported as
Amtrth THORPT18
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,012 total23 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

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.

Fuel primer leaked fuel on pilots feet. Fire erupted, pilot bailed out. Had previous problem of leaking primer.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL PRIMER LEAKED FUEL ON PILOTS FEET. FIRE ERUPTED, PILOT BAILED OUT. HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEM OF LEAKING PRIMER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.