- Date
- March 1, 1977
- Place
- Glendale, AZ · GLENDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2237Hicks & Shu Specl
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770301004389A
- Case key
- 157651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0445 77/3/1 GLENDALE,AZ HICKS & SHU SPECL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 420 TIME - 1700 N2237 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUNDERBIRD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENDALE,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CABLE DISCONNECTED.PILOT FORCED ACFT ON GRD DUE TO HOUSES & FLIPPED OVER.GUSTS 25K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2237
- Reported as
- Hicks & Shu Specl
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thunderbird
N2237Registration cancelled Jul 13, 2009 · Schumaker-Hicks H&S SPECIALAirframe modelSchumaker-Hicks H&S SPECIALEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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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.