- Date
- September 4, 1987, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Painesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3992ATomishin W-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870904049859A
- Case key
- 7234
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt/owner of the homebuilt aircraft was making a local flight to determine the flt characteristics with a larger wing installed on the acft. The plt reported that while in flight an oil leak developed from the area of the propeller. The oil coated the windshield and obscured his vision. He elected to attempt a ldg on the sod surface to the right of the rwy. The plt reptd that during landing roll, the acft drifted into a plowed field and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3992A
- Reported as
- Tomishin W-8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 37
- Airframe hours
- 67
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John M. Tomishin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- 2G1 · Concord Airpark, runway 20, 2,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 81
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 67 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 40 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.
Other investigations on N3992A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.