# Accident 20100723042829A: Warth Denni CLASSIC SPT, Tea, SD, July 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2010, 20:20 local time
- Place: Tea, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4572° N, 96.8019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4572&lon=-96.8019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216TB-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Warth Dennis J CLASSIC SPT AC S-18 (registry code 05617F5, https://openairdocs.org/model/warth-dennis-j-classic-spt-ac-s-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WARTH DENNI CLASSIC SPT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,340 total, 62 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA429) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100723042829A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 23, 2010, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW N216TB, AN EXPERIMENTAL WARTH THORP S-18, ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT AROUND THE TEA, SD AIRPORT.  ACCORDING TO EYE WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND ABOUT 400-500 AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE A TURN AND LAND BACK AT THE AIRPORT HE JUST TOOK OFF FROM. WHILE IN THE TURN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WAS 1 FATALITY. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 CEN10LA429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA429), Jul 24, 2010: Warth Dennis J Classic Sport S-18 (N216TB), Tea, SD, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the pilot's loss of airplane control, which led to an aerodynamic stall.

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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