# NTSB CHI82DA170: Playmate SA11A, N4652, Pendleton, IN, May 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1982, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Pendleton, IN
- Location: 40.0085° N, 85.7608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pendleton, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0085&lon=-85.7608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72186/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA170

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - exhaust system,baffle - distorted (contributing factor)
  - miscellaneous - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (cause)
  - terrain condition - ground (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4652-2018-01-05), registration cancelled 2018-01-05, S/N 60, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PLAYMATE SA11A
- Registry model: [Nicholas-Stits Playmate SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/nicholas-stits-playmate-sa-11a) (registry code 86509MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 60
- Airframe hours: 160
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820515015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820515015929A), May 15, 1982: Amtrsa STITSSA11A, Pendleton, IN, Substantial damage. Lost power, landed in a soft soybean field and flipped over. Inner baffle tubes in muffler collapsed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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