- Date
- June 5, 1982, 16:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1914SSavage Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820605020569A
- Case key
- 71455
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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
After the eng quit witnesses observed the acft nose over to about a 30-45 deg nose down attitude. No usable fuel was found in the acft. The acft has a section of clear plastic tubing on the outside of the fuel tank that is used as the fuel gauge. It would be difficult if at all possible to see the gauge fromt he rear cockpit occupied by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1914S
- Reported as
- Savage Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph Savage
- Registered owner
- Joseph Savage
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 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.