- Date
- September 24, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Topeka, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1021KPitts SC 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820924049289A
- Case key
- 72844
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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
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - not maintainedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The aircraft engine quit near the airport, but a forced landing was made in a grassy field. The fuel system was empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1021K
- Reported as
- Pitts SC 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1021
- Airframe hours
- 8
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David S. Meek
- Registered owner
- Bill E. Crummey
- Departed
- FOE · Topeka, KS
- Destination
- FOE · Topeka, KS
- Airport
- FOE · Forbes Field, runway 3, 8,002 × 200 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 4 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 66° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FOE, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.