- Date
- October 11, 1970
- Place
- Decatur, IL · DECATUR, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28KPitts SC
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158470
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3938 70/10/11 DECATUR,ILL PITTS SC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 6000 TIME - 1450 N28K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DECATUR,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT APRX 20MIN AFTR TKOF.NO FUEL FOUND IN TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28K
- Reported as
- Pitts SC
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N28KRegistered now · Kulp-Pitts Special 1966Airframe modelKulp-Pitts Special 1966Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
Other investigations on N28K · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.