- Date
- July 6, 1985, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wooster, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4628SJodel D-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850706030149A
- Case key
- 13125
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot and pax were on a x-country pleasure flt. After 2420 hrs of fliht, 45 mi short of dest, the engine stopped the acft was ld in a corn fld. Examination disclosed main bearing failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4628S
- Reported as
- Jodel D-11
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- D-1
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- Continental A80 SERIES, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- AID · Anderson, IN
- Destination
- 4G3 · Alliance, OH
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 80 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 25 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 N4628S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.