- Date
- July 16, 1983, 12:49 local (17:49 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N710TGyaki Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716033059A
- Case key
- 33445
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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
The home-built acft was on a local pleasure flt near the arpt when the engine quit and a forced landing was made in a wheatfield. Investigation of the engine and fuel system by an FAA inspector revealed that the vent in the fuel cap was soldered shut and the fuel vent system for the inverted fuel system was damaged on impact to the extent that it was impossible to determine if the inverted vent system was operable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N710T
- Reported as
- Gyaki Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph A. Gyaki
- Departed
- 3SQ · St. Charles, MO
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 45 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.