- Date
- August 18, 1984, 07:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7599VWhitman W - 8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840818041549A
- Case key
- 39992
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, plt switched from front to rear fuel tank at which time a ttl loss of pwr occurred. Remedial action was attempted but no pwr was regained. Unable to return to the arpt, plt applied full flaps and stalled the acft aprx 15 ft AGL over the rough terrain. Acft was refueled the night prior to this flt. Plt failed to drain fuel tanks on the morning of the flt. Water was found in the fuel filter, fuel pump, and carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7599V
- Reported as
- Whitman W - 8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 46
- Airframe hours
- 950
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank R. Amado
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1984
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- L15 · Las Vegas-Henderson, runway 18, 5,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.