# Accident 19960917028529A: Amtr RV4, Muncie, IN, September 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1996, 13:55 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1305° N, 85.3797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1305&lon=-85.3797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N952JT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N952JT-1997-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thocker Jon RV-4 (registry code 05602DE, https://openairdocs.org/model/thocker-jon-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA334) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917028529A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABLIZIER FAILED IN FLIGHT HOMEBUILT HAD AEROBATIC INVERTED FUEL SYSTEM. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1335 EST, A RV-4, N952JT, REGISTERED TO MR. JOHN S. THOCKER AND MR. DALE M. DIMMICH, CRASHED INTO A BEAN FIELD LOCATED 10 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE, INDIANA, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED IN THE CRASH. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE MUNCIE AIRPORT, MUNCIE, INDIANA ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 EST.

## 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 CHI96FA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA334), Sep 17, 1996: Thocker RV-4 (N952JT), Muncie, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: was the in-flight disconnection of the horizontal and vertical stabilizer forward attachments.

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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