# NTSB CHI94LA257: Lattimore-Dwyer Breezy, N4029, Goshen, IN, July 29, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 29, 1994, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Coordinates: 41.570465, -85.829444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5705&lon=-85.8294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9619/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA257

## Probable cause

fuel exhaustion which resulted from the pilot's failure to assure an adequate fuel supply for the flight.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ON A LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A SOYBEAN FIELD, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL.  FAA INSPECTOR FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN EITHER TANK. PILOT/OWNER REMARKED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN WELL WHEN FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE TANKS.

## Factual narrative

On July 29, 1994, about 1250 eastern standard time, a Lattimore- Dwyer Breezy, N4029, sustained substantial damage when it nosed- over during a forced landing near Goshen, Indiana.  The private pilot was not injured, the single passenger aboard the airplane  received minor injuries.  The pilot reported a complete loss of engine power while in cruise flight.  The personal local flight originated at the Zollinger Airstrip, Ligonier, Indiana, about 1100.  No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

The Federal Aviation Administration Inspector who examined the airplane at the accident site reported there was no significant leakage from the fuel tanks and no fuel odor around the airplane.  The pilot stated the engine started and ran well after putting fuel in the tank.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4029](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4029), registered now, S/N W-1000, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LATTIMORE-DWYER BREEZY
- Registry model: [Lattimore-Dwyer BREEZY](https://openairdocs.org/model/lattimore-dwyer-breezy) (registry code 0562066) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: W1000
- Airframe hours: 437
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Adrian G. Zollinger
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 30, 1994, 3 hours before
- Departed: II21, LIGONIER, IN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: rear; flight hours: 1,950 total, 820 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBN, 32 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 19940729019699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940729019699A), Jul 29, 1994: Amtr BREEZY FWS, Goshen, IN, Substantial damage. Lost power. Nosed over during forced landing. Local flight.

## Other investigations on N4029 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI74FEM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM07), Aug 31, 1973: Breezy RLU-1 (N4029), Hale, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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