- Date
- August 27, 1987, 21:09 local (Aug 28, 1987, 01:09 UTC)
- Place
- Middlefield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1050JAero Commander 112
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870827048419A
- Case key
- 7315
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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
On the previous flt, the plt made two unsuccessful IFR approaches before landing on the third attempt. The pax- configured acft was loaded with cargo. The plt filed an IFR flight plan and departed the arpt. Radio contact was established with ATC and the plt requested activation of his IFR flight plan. ATC could not identify the acft due to nonreceipt of the transponder. The plt was asked to reset the code. That was the last contact with the acft. It was found two days later about one and one half miles from the arpt in a heavily wooded area. Unrestrained cargo was found throughout the fuselage. The plt had been asked to maintain VFR until radar contact was established. Radar contact was not established. The wt & bal could not be determined due to movement of cargo. Recovered cargo indicated an over gw condition. The time of the cargo movement in the acft was not determined but believed to be postcrash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1050J
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50
- Airframe hours
- 1,794
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1D6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Northnoor Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1987 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 7G8 · Middlefield, OH
- Destination
- Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,048 total · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 22 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.