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History of flight on 03/05/2010, about 0900 eastern standard time, an experimental light sport Evektor-aerotechnik as super sport, N930LA, crashed in an open field approximately four and a half miles southeast of the Marysville, Ohio union county airport (mrt). The sport pilot and passenger were killed. The greenwood flying club LLC of 5477 sleet drive indianapolis, Indiana owns the aircraft. A flight plan was not filed, nor was flight following requested. Indianapolis, dayton, and columbus approach have no record of working with N930LA on that day. It was operated VFR on a flight originating at greenwood, Indiana to new castle, Pennsylvania. Family members alerted the federal aviation administration (FAA) the aircraft was overdue. At 0145Z, civil air patrol located the aircraft in a field southwest of Marysville, Ohio at latitude N40° 10' 24.5 longitude W83° 17' 33.2. According to FAA radar data, the target aircraft was transmitting a transponder code of 1200 with altitude reporting, and was observed travelling east and descending as it neared mrt. At approximately four miles east of mrt and reaching an altitude of 1,800 MSL at 13:54:48Z, the aircraft turned several times and the altitude was erratic. At 13:56:40Z the aircraft was no longer in radar contact. There are no known witnesses to the accident sequence. Personnel information the pilot, age 67, held a light sport airplane certificate and no current medical certificate. Examination of the pilot logbook revealed he had accumulated approximately 186 hours of flight experience all of which was in N930LA. The sport pilot certificate was issued 11/05/2008. Aircraft information the airplane is a production built light sport, Evektor-aerotechnik, sport star plus, and serial number 20070930, manufactured in 2007. Aircraft maintenance the request for aircraft logbooks went to the indianapolis FSDO. The inspector was told the logbooks could not be found. Fuel receipts from the greenwood airport were mailed to the columbus FSDO. Meteriological information the weather conditions reported at mrt located 4 and half miles northwest of the accident site at 1359Z indicated wind 010 degrees at 3 knots, visibility 5 statute miles, broken clouds at 200 hundred feet, overcast at 800 feet, temperature -3 degrees celsius (c), dew point -4 degrees c, and an altimeter setting of 30.30 inches of mercury, remarks are from a A01 devise. Medical information the montgomery county coroner's office in dayton, Ohio performed an autopsy, and sent the toxicology kits to Oklahoma city, OK. On scene observations inspector lawrence krasniewski arrived at the scene on 03/06/2010 at 0730. The condition of the impact area was snow covered (about six to eight inches) and largely undisturbed, though first responders had removed the deceased from the site. The debris field was approximately fifty yards long and twenty yards across. The debris had traveled from an east to westerly direction. It appeared the aircraft hit the ground at a near vertical attitude. The impact crater caused by the crash was eighteen inches deep and five feet by seven feet across. Both wings made an impression in the ground. The left wing made a visual impression and removed the snow from the area and loosed one to two inches of dirt along its entire length. The right wing made an impression that only crushed the snow to the ground but did not loosen any dirt.