- Date
- August 1, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Perrysville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80591Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860801037059A
- Case key
- 13504
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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) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - exceededCause
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Analysis
The acft was substantially damaged during a forced landing in a corn field following a loss of power. Post accident inspection of the acft failed to reveal any fuel in either the fuel tanks or carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80591
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 94
- Engine
- Continental O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- MQY · Smyrna, TN
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,009 total · 59 in this make and model · 911 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEC, 67 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.