- Date
- May 1, 1982, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Pendleton, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98LMong Sport MS-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820501016239A
- Case key
- 72185
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the pilot arrived at anderson, Indiana, he was unable to find the ace airport. He saw huntzinger airport, a private strip, and decided to land to find out exactly where ace airport was located. During an approach to the sod runway, the aircraft collided with power lines and crashed. The pilot stated that the power line poles were hidden by trees and the lines were not marked. The owner had offered to assume the cost to bury the lines, but as of the date of the accident, the local government had not approved the action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98L
- Reported as
- Mong Sport MS-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- HL-1
- Airframe hours
- 525
- Engine
- Continental C-65-A8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leroy Taylor
- Registered owner
- Leroy Taylor
- Departed
- CFJ · Crawfordsville, IN
- Destination
- 3AE · Anderson, IN
- Airport
- IN31 · Huntzinger, runway 36, 1,900 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 450 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 142 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 38 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.