- Date
- June 22, 1980
- Place
- Quakertown, PA · QUAKERTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59374Thorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800622022359A
- Case key
- 131341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0909 80/6/22 QUAKERTOWN,PA THORP T-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 2200 TIME - 1143 N59374 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUAKERTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUAKERTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED IN FIRE HOUSE.DESTROYED FIRE TRUCK,SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD FIRE HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59374
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Quakertown
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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.