- Date
- May 16, 1982, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Middlefield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N120ROldfield Baby Lakes
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516016269A
- Case key
- 71687
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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 aircraft quit during takeoff climb. The pilot reversed course and the engine started again for a short period then stopped. The pilot attempted to land on a taxiway but hit the raised lip of the taxiway. The right main landing gear failed. No preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft's engine could be found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120R
- Reported as
- Oldfield Baby Lakes
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 14
- Engine
- Continental C-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Phillips
- Registered owner
- R. A. Istenes
- Departed
- 7G8 · Middlefield, OH
- Destination
- 7G8 · Middlefield, OH
- Airport
- 7G8 · Geauga County, runway 28, 3,509 × 65 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,383 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,302 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N120R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.