- Date
- July 27, 1985, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Admire, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1115GSchubert Cassutt Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850727034109A
- Case key
- 33844
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Analysis
At 0847 CDT, July 27, 1985 N1115G radioed a nearby fss. The station that was called was closed but another fss heard thecall. During the transmission the plt reported that he had an eng problem, was pumping oil overboard and could not see outside because the canopy was covered with oil. The acft crashed in a pasture in a steep nose down attitude. The on-scene investigation revelaed a hole in the top of the crankcase. Disassembly of the engine revealed that the #4 intake valve was broken and the #4 piston was disintegrated. The design of the canopy is such that if it was opened in flt the plt would be exposed to the full force of the wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1115G
- Reported as
- Schubert Cassutt Sport (CASSUTT SP)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G4, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry E. Schubert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- EWT · Newton, KS
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 20 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.