# NTSB CHI86FEX02: Hodson Midget Mustang, N7C, Evansville, IN, October 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1985, 18:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Coordinates: 37.929962, -87.670173 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9300&lon=-87.6702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEX02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEX02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HODSON MIDGET MUSTANG (MIDGET MUS)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 421
- Airframe hours: 238
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851008049669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851008049669A), Oct 8, 1985: Amtrbb MUSTANGMIDGT, Evansville, IN, Destroyed. Crash occurred as pilot was making low passes over parents house. Witnesses stated they heard engine sputter.

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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