- Date
- July 23, 1973
- Place
- Utica, MI · UTICA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28KKulp-Pitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730723023419A
- Case key
- 189507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2083 73/7/23 UTICA,MICH KULP-PITTS S-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4900 TIME - 1855 N28K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERASER,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT MISCALCULATED FUEL ON BOARD,AIRBORNE APRX 15MIN FUEL EX.STRUCK RUT IN OPEN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28K
- Reported as
- Kulp-Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N28KRegistered now · Kulp-Pitts Special 1966Airframe modelKulp-Pitts Special 1966Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N28K · 3
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