- Date
- May 27, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Middlefield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N120RIstenes Oldfield Baby Lakes
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840527018919A
- Case key
- 12632
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
It was reported that the acft had performed two tight left traffic pattern turns after takeoff. On the downwind turn the acft banked 60 degrees. The plt lost control of the acft and crashed in a wooded area. It was reported that the plt had no previous experience in the acft with the 65 HP engine installation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120R
- Reported as
- Istenes Oldfield Baby Lakes (OLDFIELD B)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 101
- Airframe hours
- 25
- Engine
- Continental O-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A. Istenes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- 7G8 · Geauga County, runway 10, 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,034 total · 200 in this make and model · 870 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGF, 7 nm away
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.