- Date
- October 8, 1985, 18:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7CHodson Midget Mustang
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851008049669A
- Case key
- 13344
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Ostentatious display
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses reported seeing the plt performing aerobatics and flying low in an area near his parent's home. The acft was then seen to enter a steep right bank during which, witnesses stated, the eng sputtered and quit. The acft then pitched down and impacted the terrain at a high speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7C
- Reported as
- Hodson Midget Mustang (MIDGET MUS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 421
- Airframe hours
- 238
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond A. Reuter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1984 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- Evansville, IN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 5 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.