- Date
- May 29, 1976
- Place
- Hull, IL · HULL, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4277Thorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760529020269A
- Case key
- 154301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1948 76/5/29 HULL,IL THORP T-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 3000 TIME - 1325 N4277 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 315 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EL DORADO,AR IOWA CITY,IA WALNUT RIDGE,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4277
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4277Registration cancelled Aug 25, 1976 · Burton George C MD THORP T-18Airframe modelBurton George C MD THORP T-18
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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.