- Date
- July 1, 1990, 10:32 local (17:32 UTC)
- Place
- Jackpot, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N131RDDickey E-RACER
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900701023019A
- Case key
- 41225
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Probable cause
An undetermined failure or anomaly of the exhaust system, which resulted in an in-flight fire of the fiberglass structure of the aircraft and failure of the aircraft braking system.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During an air race, the pilot of an amateur-built e-racer detected an in-flight fire & made a forced landing. During the roll-out, the aircraft's brakes failed due to fire damage & the landing gear collapsed. An investigation revealed that fiberglass structure at the engine compartment had been ignited by heat from the exhaust system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N131RD
- Reported as
- Dickey E-RACER
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- ER-1
- Airframe hours
- 135
- Engine
- Buick V-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- K. Shirlan Dickey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 26, 1989 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- 06U
- Destination
- 064
- Airport
- 06U · Jackpot, runway 34, 5,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,559 total · 135 in this make and model · 1,559 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N131RD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.