- Date
- March 2, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2830MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13020
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - rough/unevenCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The engine quit at about 500 ft AGL during the initial takeoff climb. The pilot made a forced landing in a plowed field and the main gear sheared off. Water was observed dripping out of the gascolator after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2830M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1267
- Airframe hours
- 914
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael H. Wells
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1984 · 8 hours before
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 916 total · 109 in this make and model · 813 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg