- Date
- August 20, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Red Oak, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N853HArrow Arrow Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830820043329A
- Case key
- 33474
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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 flt, there was a progressive loss of eng power. The plt was unable to reach the arpt & made a crash landing in a soybean fld. An investigation revealed that the #4 cylinder failed in the area of the exhaust valve rocker box.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N853H
- Reported as
- Arrow Arrow Sport (ARROW SPOR)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 412
- Engine
- Kinner K-5, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- CSQ · Creston, IA
- Destination
- CZD · Cozad, NE
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 583 total · 87 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N853H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.