# Accident 20070713015519A: Amtr SOPWITHF1, Greenville, PA, July 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2007, 20:45 local time
- Place: Greenville, PA
- Airport: Greenville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4469° N, 80.3914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4469&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6338, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6338-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murrin Frederick L SOPWITH F1 (registry code 05619UT, https://openairdocs.org/model/murrin-frederick-l-sopwith-f1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SOPWITHF1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 436 total, 11 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070713015519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6338, AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT SOPWITH CAMEL F1 CRASHED DURING A GO-AROUND ON 7/13/07 AT 2045 LOCAL TIME NEAR 4G1. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND AIRLIFTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 LAX07LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA220), Jul 14, 2007: Murrin Frederick L Sopwith F1 (N6338), Greenville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a fuel starvation induced loss of engine power due to inadequate fuel system pressure. A factor in the accident was the pilot/builder's failure to adequately adjust the fuel system pressure.

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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