- Date
- October 25, 1985, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsburg, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4ASSilvaggio Cassutt 111M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851025067729A
- Case key
- 34046
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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
The acft was level, in cruise when the plt noticed high eng temperatures. He stated that he started a shallow climb and headed for the nearest arpt. En route to nearest arpt, smoke came into the cockpit and the plt heard a loud noise that was accompanied by smoke and flames inside the eng compartment. Plt shut off fuel valve. The acft was too high and too fast as it approached the arpt. The plt tried s turns but ran out of control during the second s. the acft touched down 100 ft to the west of the rwy and 40 degs off the rwy heading. The right wing hit steel fence posts and barbed wire. After ground impact the acft flipped up and around and stopped on the arpt property. Investigation revealed a broken piston, a broken piston pin and a separated cylinder head on the number four cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4AS
- Reported as
- Silvaggio Cassutt 111M (CASSUTT 11)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- AMS02
- Airframe hours
- 188
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terry D. Blakeney
- Registered owner
- Terry D. Blakeney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1985 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 82K · Cameron, MO
- Airport
- MO28 · Plattsburg, runway 36, 2,115 × 24 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 61 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 22 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.