- Date
- May 15, 1982, 10:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sebastian, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N176NNash Cassutt Racer 111M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820515018859A
- Case key
- 72587
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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
During cruise flight the engine misfired then quit and would not restart. The pilot made a forced landing in a grain field and the aircraft nosed over. No preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N176N
- Reported as
- Nash Cassutt Racer 111M
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CR100
- Airframe hours
- 258
- Engine
- Continental C90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond A. Grannon
- Registered owner
- W. Bill Sandland
- Departed
- HRL · Harlingen, TX
- Destination
- HRL · Harlingen, TX
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,775 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.