Goodyear FGID(F4U) N9964Z
14 April 1982 · Forney, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 14 April 1982 at about 23:15 local time, a Goodyear FGID(F4U) registered N9964Z, operated by William Paul Thayer, was involved in an accident near Forney, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Forney, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 32.7490, -96.4599
- Aircraft
- Goodyear FGID(F4U)
- Registration
- N9964Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- William Paul Thayer
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grand Prairie → Grand Prairie
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW82DA130
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
FOLLOWING THE LAST AEROBATIC MANUEVER, A LOOP, AND WHILE IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE OIL PRESSURE DECREASED TO ZERO AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER PROPELLER CONTROL WAS LOST. DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED. DURING THE WHEELS UP LANDING IN AN UNPLOWED GRASSY FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE COOLER OIL LINE CAME LOOSE FROM THE INLET FITTING.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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