- Date
- July 27, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Noble, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72HQQ-Berry Hawk
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820727039529A
- Case key
- 72021
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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
About 30 min after taking off on a local test flight, the pilot had entered the traffic pattern and was preparing to turn onto a crosswind leg, when the engine lost power. He attempted to restart the engine, but was unable. He attempted to glide to a runway, but was forced to land in a bean field. During the landing roll, the main gear encountered the beans and the aircraft flipped over. An investigation revealed that about 5 gal of fuel was remaining in the fuel tank. No mechanical malfunction or failure was found. It was noted that the carburetor hose was in close proximity to the exhaust stacks. The pilot believed that the engine lost power due to lack of fuel, possibly from a vapor lock; however, this was not verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72HQ
- Reported as
- Q-Berry Hawk
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 11966721
- Airframe hours
- 75
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Carter Quisenberry/Gary Cowan
- Registered owner
- Carter Quisenberry/Gary Cowan
- Departed
- OLY · Noble, IL
- Destination
- OLY · Noble, IL
- Airport
- OLY · Olney-Noble, runway 10, 3,900 × 50 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 1 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 105° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.