- Date
- May 23, 1987, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Orrville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11TBButler EAA Biplane 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870523015539A
- Case key
- 7226
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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.
Analysis
Acft lost power and was landed in a corn field. Left main gear collapsed and acft flipped onto its back. Mixture cable set screw on carburetor was found loose allowing mixture to vibrate to lean position. Earlier in the day the PIC had replaced the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11TB
- Reported as
- Butler EAA Biplane 1 (EAA BIPLAN)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 296
- Airframe hours
- 178
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G4, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Bryson
- Registered owner
- W.C. Byrson & J. Anthony
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 3G3 · Wadsworth, OH
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,573 total · 14 in this make and model · 1,573 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.