- Date
- May 6, 1972
- Place
- St.Matthews, SC · ST.MATTHEWS, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N614DPParks Thorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0440 72/5/6 NR.ST.MATTHEWS,SC PARKS THORP T-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 8500 TIME - 1040 N614DP PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 172 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC SANTEE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL TANK SEALER IMPROPER. CAME LOOSE AND CLOGGED FUEL STRAINER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N614DP
- Reported as
- Parks Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N614DPRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Thorp T-18Airframe modelThorp T-18Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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