- Date
- July 28, 1985, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1156VStinson L-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850728038209A
- Case key
- 13165
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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
The plt took off on a test flt to check the eng after it had been inspected & the carburetor had been overhauled. He made a ground check & full eng run-up before taking off. Intending to stay in a closed traffic pattern, he took off, made a normal climb in the traffic pattern, then turned onto a downwind. While on downwind, the eng sputtered. The plt switched fuel tanks & pumped the throttle, & the eng restarted, but a few seconds later, it lost power again. While attempting to return to the rwy, the plt made a 360 deg turn to avoid a glider & to lose alt. He stated that during the maneuver, he lost sight of the glider, & while trying to relocate it, he lost too much alt. Subsequently, the acft crash landed in trees about 50 feet short of the rwy. An exam revealed that the carburetor float had been adjusted for 0.25' of travel. The minimum travel per installation instructions should have been 0.50'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1156V
- Reported as
- Stinson L-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60507
- Airframe hours
- 2,004
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435-C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Soaring Society Of Dayton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1985 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- 20H9 · Waynesville, runway 9, 2,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,360 total · 28 in this make and model · 4,330 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 18 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.