- Date
- August 23, 1986, 19:15 local (Aug 24, 1986, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Garland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22JEErickson S-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860823041829A
- Case key
- 21934
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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
The internal lining in the fuel tank flop tube (fuel pickup tube for inverted flight) deteriorated and blocked the full screen. The eng quit due to fuel starvation. The acft struck a short pole for an underground utility line during the forced landing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22JE
- Reported as
- Erickson S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RA53
- Airframe hours
- 122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero-Tech Services Inc.
- Registered owner
- Weatherford, Dawson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- T72 · Hearne, TX
- Destination
- FYV · Fayetteville, AR
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 552 total · 2 in this make and model · 525 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 20 nm away
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 N22JE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.