- Date
- March 27, 1987, 17:49 local (23:49 UTC)
- Place
- Claremore, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N320HPde Havilland DHC-1B-2S5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870327007629A
- Case key
- 22177
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,vent - blocked(total)Cause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Mud daubers plugged the fuel tank vents resulting in fuel starvation and engine failure. The acft received substantial damage during the forced lndg and the plt was seriously injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320HP
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-1B-2S5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 231
- Airframe hours
- 3,360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 320 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert W. Dean
- Registered owner
- Thunderbird Park Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- Claremore, OK
- Destination
- Claremore, OK
- Airport
- Robert W. Dean
N320HPRegistration cancelled Aug 11, 1988 · Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,122 total · 5 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.