- Date
- January 6, 1985, 14:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Sunland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13355Crowder Great Lakes
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850106000179A
- Case key
- 24626
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While cruising at 2100 ft AGL, the engine began to vibrate and a ttl loss of pwr occurred. Plt made forced landing into the top of a tree. Inspection revealed that the 4 hold down bolts/studs which hold the #2 cylinder to the case had failed allowing the cylinder to separate from the engine. Plt stated the bolts had never been removed and re-torqued on the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13355
- Reported as
- Crowder Great Lakes (GREAT LAKE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 233
- Engine
- Elizalde TIGRE G-IV, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas W. Crowder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1984 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 921 total · 233 in this make and model · 876 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.