Jurca 3/4 SPITFIRE N140SF
9 April 1982 · Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 April 1982 at about 15:30 local time, a Jurca 3/4 SPITFIRE registered N140SF, operated by Donald E. McMurtrie, was involved in an accident near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- Frank Phillips (K92)
- Coordinates
- 36.7303, -96.0698
- Aircraft
- Jurca 3/4 SPITFIRE
- Registration
- N140SF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Donald E. McMurtrie
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Bartlesville → Bartlesville
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW82DA153
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
DURING INITIAL CLIMB ON THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED OFF THE AIRPORT AND DEMOLISHED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL PUMP DRIVE DESIGNED BY THE BUILDER HAD FAILED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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