- Date
- August 10, 2007, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hindsboro, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68NGolden Eagle Chief
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Springfield, IL, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070810022639A
- Case key
- 66527
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the number seven cylinder's separation during cruise and the crops encountered during the forced landing leading to the airplane nosing over.
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
The airplane nosed over on impact with terrain and crops during a forced landing following an in-flight loss of engine power. An examination of the airplane's engine revealed a separation of its number seven cylinder.
Factual narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over on impact with terrain and crops during a forced landing following an in-flight loss of engine power. An examination of the airplane's Ken Royce 7G engine, serial number 1329, revealed a separation of its number seven cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68N
- Reported as
- Golden Eagle Chief
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 803
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- Ken Royce 7G, 120 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Rassmussen III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2007
- Departed
- MTO · Mattoon/Charles, IL
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2006
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,620 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,480 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N68N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.