- Date
- January 11, 1986, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4000GNavion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860111000599A
- Case key
- 13404
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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(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,piston - failure,totalCause
Engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,totalCause
Engine assembly,cylinder - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Main gear collapsed
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - inadvertent useFactor
Analysis
Ten minutes after takeoff the plt heard a loud bang followed by a loss of eng pwr. The right main gear separated during the forced landing in a rough field. Examination disclosed the piston had separated from the wrist pin causing the #5 cylinder to separate from the block.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4000G
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N41920
- Airframe hours
- 3,090
- Engine
- Continental E185-9, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. L. Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- HAO · Hamilton, OH
- Destination
- I77 · Cincinnati, OH
- Airport
- HAO · Hamilton
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 475 total · 76 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CIN, 12 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.