- Date
- August 3, 1986, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29754Thorp Aero 211
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860803037279A
- Case key
- 21950
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a ditch which sheared the nose gear during a forced landing. The plt said he had only flown about 30 minutes since refueling and suspected a fuel problem. He stated that he had checked for water & contaminents during pre-flt but found none. After the eng suddenly quit in flt he unsuccessfully used heat and checked ignition (mags on), in an attempt to restart the eng. During forced landing in a hay field the acft struck a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29754
- Reported as
- Thorp Aero 211
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 010
- Airframe hours
- 825
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas E. Kurtz, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Thorp 211 Aircraft Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 9X52 · Porter, TX
- Destination
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,483 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.