# NTSB CHI84LA215: Istenes Oldfield Baby Lakes, N120R, Middlefield, OH, May 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Middlefield, OH
- Location: 41.4496° N, 81.0629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEAUGA COUNTY (7G8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4496&lon=-81.0629&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12632
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12632/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - descent - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120R-2003-08-22), registration cancelled 2003-08-22, S/N 101, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISTENES OLDFIELD BABY LAKES (OLDFIELD B)
- Registry model: [Istenes OLDFIELD BABY LAKES](https://openairdocs.org/model/istenes-oldfield-baby-lakes) (registry code 0564523) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 101
- Airframe hours: 25
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840527018919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840527018919A), May 27, 1984: Amtrof BABYLAKES, Middlefield, OH, Destroyed. During steep banked turn from crosswind to downwind, aircraft satalled, impacted ground.

## Other investigations on N120R (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI82DA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA172), May 16, 1982: Oldfield Baby Lakes (N120R), Middlefield, OH, substantial damage

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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