- Date
- August 9, 1988, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fond Du Lac, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9EAEaa Acro II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880809032359A
- Case key
- 13881
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that after reaching cruise alt, the eng began to run rough & subsequently lost power. He made an emerg landing in a dry cultivated field. Drg the landing, the gear collapsed & the acft was substantially damaged. The fuel tank was equipped with a weighted 'flop' tube for aerobatic flt. The flop tube was kinked, but there was evidence the kink occurred drg the crash landing. Also, there was 4.5 ft of exposed & uninsulated fuel line forward of the firewall. Before the flt, the 'heat soaked' eng was difficult to start with an air temp of 85 deg, possibly from vapor lock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9EA
- Reported as
- Eaa Acro II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- P-12
- Airframe hours
- 201
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Louis B. Judy
- Registered owner
- Eaa Aviation Foundation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- FLD · Fond Du Lac, WI
- Destination
- FLD
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 150 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 10 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.