- Date
- May 21, 1987, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Franklin Grove, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N81KXJauch Coot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870521082219A
- Case key
- 13641
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Analysis
The plt deptd mendota, IL on a local test flt under a 40 hour time in service restriction in an experimental home built airplane. A witness stated that the airplane was circling over his farm and then turned south. He said the eng stalled and the airplane came straight down. The airplane crashed into a shed and was completely burned. Control continuity to the movable controls could not be established. No record of weight and balance or amount and type of fuel used. Cause of eng failure and loss of control is undetermined. The eng was melted by the intense ground fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81KX
- Reported as
- Jauch Coot
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- T181
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth E. Jauch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 0C7 · Mendota, IL
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 420 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 23 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.
Other investigations on N81KX · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.