- Date
- June 14, 1983, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Woodbridge, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26475Meyers OTW
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 15786
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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.
Analysis
While en route at an altitude of aprx 2000 ft MSL, the plt noticed a definite loss of power & RPM, which was followed by a loss of oil pressure. He reversed course intending to land at an arpt that he had passed. A clattering noise was heard in the eng, which was accompanied by visible smoke coming from the right exhaust stack. A forced landing was made in a small pasture. The plt planned his landing into the wind & slipped the plane while approaching over trees at the edge of the field. However, as the acft neared the ground, cattle bolted from the trees & the plt banked the acft sharply to avoid the cattle. Subsequently, the acft stalled, the left wings of the biplane struck the ground & the acft crash landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26475
- Reported as
- Meyers OTW
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 126
- Engine
- Meyers WARNER 125, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dudley J. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- Fredricksburg, VA
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 12 nm away