Gyaki SKYBOLT N710T
16 July 1983 · St. Charles, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 July 1983 at about 17:49 local time, a Gyaki SKYBOLT registered N710T was involved in an accident near St. Charles, Missouri, 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 17:49
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St. Charles, Missouri, United States
- Coordinates
- 38.7894, -90.5098
- Aircraft
- Gyaki SKYBOLT
- Registration
- N710T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St. Charles → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC83LA157
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
THE HOME-BUILT ACFT WAS ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLT NEAR THE ARPT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A WHEATFIELD. INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE VENT IN THE FUEL CAP WAS SOLDERED SHUT AND THE FUEL VENT SYSTEM FOR THE INVERTED FUEL SYSTEM WAS DAMAGED ON IMPACT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE INVERTED VENT SYSTEM WAS OPERABLE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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