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CHI86LA010

1985-10-14 · NEW LISBON, Wisconsin, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 82C

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, ACFT PREFLIGHT, ENGINE RUNUP AND WARM UP WERE NORMAL. TAKEOFF AND INITIAL CLIMB UP TO APPROX 300 FT AGL WERE NORMAL ALSO. AT THIS POINT THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PLT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A CLOVER FIELD BELOW HIM. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE FORCED LANDING. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THE ENGINE WAS TEST-RUN ON A TEST BENCH UP TO 2500 RPM. THE ONLY DISCREPANCY NOTED WAS THAT THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH ON THE LEFT MAGNETO. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_CHI86LA010.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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