- Date
- August 31, 1988, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Danville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N47TAArthur Acrosport 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11438
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel system,vent - blocked(total)Cause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
The acft was on a performance test flight when a power loss occurred at 1100 ft MSL. The plt unsuccessfully tried to restart the engine and made a forced landing in an open field. Examination of the acft revealed the rubber hose vent line was obstructed with trapped fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47TA
- Reported as
- Arthur Acrosport 1 (ACROSPORT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 807
- Airframe hours
- 7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas W. Arthur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- DAN · Danville, VA
N47TARegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2017 · Arthur Thomas W ACRO SPORT IAirframe modelArthur Thomas W ACRO SPORT I
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 7 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F