- Date
- August 21, 1988, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Slatington, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N22GTDebarry/Starduster SA100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880821034219A
- Case key
- 35976
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
As the homebuilt acft was climbing thru about 300 ft AGL during initial climb after takeoff, the eng lost power. The plt was able to restart the eng (once), but as he turned the acft back toward the arpt, the eng lost power again. During an emerg landing, the acft struck trees in a wooded area about 1/4 mi from the arpt. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft or eng was found. The plt had recently purchased the acft & was using fuel from the wing tanks for the 1st time when the eng lost power. He reported that the wing tanks were full of auto fuel, which the previous owner had used. The previous owner had not flown the acft for more than a year. Impact damage compromised the fuel system, precluding any assessment of the fuel conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22GT
- Reported as
- Debarry/Starduster SA100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- GT2
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G4, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Shea
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 25, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- 69N · Slatington, PA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 3 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N22GT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.