- Date
- August 30, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9698PPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830043209A
- Case key
- 6961
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft took off from pvt sod strip. Father of plt said eng sounds were normal during run up. Acft appeared to be climbing with a normal attitude when the eng quit. Subsequently, acft was stalled followed by a near vertical nose down impact and post impact fire. Eng malfunction was not found during the post crash examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9698P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509043
- Airframe hours
- 550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chi W. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1986
- Departed
- MFD · Mansfield, OH
- Airport
- Cub Field, runway 22, 1,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFD, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.