- Date
- September 2, 1972
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N115RHugo R & K Spcl
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1362 72/9/2 PUYALLUP,WASH HUGO R & K SPCL CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1625 N115R PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 37, 1300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRG FAB OF 14IN HOSE BTN GASCOLATOR & PUMP,NIPPLE INSERT CUT RUBBER FLAP FRM INSIDE OF HOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115R
- Reported as
- Hugo R & K Spcl
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thun Field
N115RRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Hugo R&K SPECIALAirframe modelHugo R&K SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.
Other investigations on N115R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.