- Date
- April 7, 1985, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3280Smelko Cvjetkovic CA-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850407033389A
- Case key
- 13037
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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
A forced landing was made in an open soft field after a total loss of power occurred while on final apch. The acft nosed over during the landing. The plt attempted to transfer fuel from the rear fuel tank to the empty front tank but did not have sufficient alt to accomplish the task. Fuel is gravity fed to the engine by only the front tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3280
- Reported as
- Smelko Cvjetkovic CA-65 (CVJETKOVIC)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- B-1003J
- Airframe hours
- 50
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Harper III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1984
- Departed
- 29G · Ravenna, OH
- Airport
- 29G · Portage Co.
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,251 total · 48 in this make and model · 3,920 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 20 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.