- Date
- July 1, 1969
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3715Thorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2267 69/7/1 PUYALLUP,WASH THORP T-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 30, 234 TIME - 1900 N3715 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN REDUCE PWR W/THROTTLE,USED MXTR CTL.EXTENDED DOWNWIND DUE TRAFFIC.UN REGAIN PWR LANDED IN TREES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3715
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thun
N3715Registration cancelled Jan 11, 2012 · Thorp T-18Airframe modelThorp T-18Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N3715 · 1
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