# Accident 19870327007479A: Amtrth THORPT18, Riverside, CA, March 27, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1987, 16:30 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26CK-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: ECK Russell THORP T 18 (registry code 89510JH, https://openairdocs.org/model/eck-russell-thorp-t-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTH THORPT18
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,012 total, 23 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870327007479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX87LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA158), Mar 28, 1987: Thorp T-18 (N26CK), Riverside, CA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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