# NTSB CHI83LA029: Flagg 13, N13625, Lansing, IL, October 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 30, 1982, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.55904, -87.539939 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5590&lon=-87.5399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71363
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71363/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA029

## 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, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,line - deteriorated (cause)
  - maintenance,inspection - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fuel system,pump - blocked(total) (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE TOOK OFF TO THE WEST AND JUST AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE INLET FUEL LINE TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD ROTTED AND LARGE PIECES OF THE INTERIOR COATING WERE FOUND INSIDE THE LINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13625](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13625), registered now, S/N 1, built 1933 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLAGG 13
- Registry model: [Flagg F-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/flagg-f-13) (registry code 05601J8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: I
- Airframe hours: 141
- Engines: WARNER 550 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bruce Raymond
- Registered owner: Bruce Raymond
- Departed: 3HA, LANSING, IL
- Destination: 3HA, LANSING, IL
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing, runway 27, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 80; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: unknown, invalid medical for flight; flight hours: 9,325 total, 166 in this make and model, 9,325 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 225° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19821030064959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821030064959A), Oct 30, 1982: Amtr S13, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Flipped over landing in a bean field. Inside of fuel line to fuel pump rotten and clogged.

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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