- Date
- May 15, 1982, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pendleton, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4652Playmate SA11A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820515015929A
- Case key
- 72186
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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
The pilot was cruising at 2000 feet with one passenger when the engine quit. He made a forced landing in a soft soybean field and the aircraft nosed over during deceleration. The aircraft revealed the exhaust system baffles were collapsed. "Blow by" was indicated by oil in the crank case breather and on the bottom of the aircraft's fuselage. There appeared to be no fuel or ignition problems. Valves and compression were normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4652
- Reported as
- Playmate SA11A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 60
- Airframe hours
- 160
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hobart R. Nicholas
- Registered owner
- Hobart R. Nicholas
- Departed
- Anderson, IN
- Destination
- Anderson, IN
- Airport
- IN32 · Stephenson
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 150 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.