# Accident 20180818015939A: Olsson Harry K PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER, Camp Verde, AZ, August 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Camp Verde, AZ
- Airport: Montazuma Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6011° N, 111.8283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6011&lon=-111.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88HK-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Olsson Harry K PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 7040273, https://openairdocs.org/model/olsson-harry-k-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OLSSON HARRY K PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total, 16 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180818015939A

## Narrative

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

ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 18, 2018, N88HK, A PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MONTEZUMA AIRPARK (19AZ) CAMP VERDE, AZ., FOR A FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER TO COTTONWOOD AIRPORT (P52), INTENDING TO RETURN TO AZ19.  AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, THE WIFE OF THE PILOT REPORTED THE FLIGHT MISSING.  AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE IS LOCATED TWO MILES EAST OF 19AZ POINTED EAST.  AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE COME STRAIGHT DOWN IN ABOUT A 30-DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, WITH NO ROTATIONAL COMPONENT SIGNATURE EVIDENT.  PROPELLER SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ROTATION AT IMPACT.  SLIGHT FUEL ODOR DETECTABLE ON AUGUST 19.  FIRST RESPONDER THE NIGHT BEFORE REPORTED DEFINITE ODOR OF GASOLINE.  ENGINE WAS PARTIALLY DISSEMBLED SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE.  ENGINE WAS PARTIALLY DISSEMBLED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE OR ABNORMALITY.

## 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 WPR18FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA228), Aug 18, 2018: Pietenpol Aircamper (N88HK), Camp Verde, AZ, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Loss of control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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