- Date
- June 29, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gentry, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8727Shindler Special Great Lakes
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850629028689A
- Case key
- 33973
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt became disoriented on a cross-country flight from manhattan, Kansas, to marysville, Missouri. Flying off course for a short time, the plt regained his directions to his fueling stop. While returning to his intended fuel stop the acft eng stopped and a forced landing to a bean field was accomplished. The ensuing landing in the field flipped the acft inverted. Inspection of the fuel tanks revealed no quantity of fuel in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8727
- Reported as
- Shindler Special Great Lakes (SPECIAL GR)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 6902M184B
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald D. Snell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1984
- Departed
- MHK · Manhattan, KS
- Destination
- K56 · Marysville, MO
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 2 in this make and model · 148 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N8727 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.