# NTSB CHI85LA271: Jodel D-11, N4628S, Wooster, OH, July 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1985, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Coordinates: 40.810573, -81.93032 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8106&lon=-81.9303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA271
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13125/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA271

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,bearing - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4628S-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N D-1, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JODEL D-11
- Registry model: [Jodel D-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/jodel-d-11) (registry code 4700312) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A80 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a80-series) (registry code 17006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: D-1
- Airframe hours: 560
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850706030149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850706030149A), Jul 6, 1985: Amtrsg JODELD11, Wooster, OH, Substantial damage. Failed main crankshaft bearing led to engine failure and emergency landing in a cornfield.

## Other investigations on N4628S (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 CHI77FEX26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX26), May 14, 1977: Jodel D11 (N4628S), Tell City, IN, 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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