# NTSB MKC85LA143: Shindler Special Great Lakes, N8727, Gentry, MO, June 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Gentry, MO
- Coordinates: 40.330593, -94.419616 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3306&lon=-94.4196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33973
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33973/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA143

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8727), registered now, S/N 6902M184B, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHINDLER SPECIAL GREAT LAKES (SPECIAL GR)
- Registry model: [Shindler SPECIAL GREAT LAKES](https://openairdocs.org/model/shindler-special-great-lakes) (registry code 39120TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 6902M184B
- Airframe hours: 100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850629028689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850629028689A), Jun 29, 1985: Amtrgl GREATLAKES, Gentry, MO, Substantial damage. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion on cross country flight. Pilot had become disoriented and was off course.

## Other investigations on N8727 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC76DCQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCQ21), Oct 8, 1975: Great Lakes S-BABY (N8727), Phillipsburg, KS, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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