- Date
- April 9, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bartlesville, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N140SFJurca 3/4 Spitfire
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820409011989A
- Case key
- 69882
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.
Analysis
During initial climb on the first flight of the homebuilt aircraft, the engine failed. The aircraft was landed off the airport and demolished. Investigation revealed the fuel pump drive designed by the builder had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N140SF
- Reported as
- Jurca 3/4 Spitfire (3/4 SPITFI)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- OK-1
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Jaguar V-12 360HP, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald E. Mcmurtrie
- Registered owner
- Donald E. Mcmurtrie
- Departed
- K92 · Bartlesville, OK
- Destination
- K92 · Bartlesville, OK
- Airport
- K92 · Frank Phillips
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,564 total · 2 in this make and model · 2,386 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.