Fulton County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Rochester, Indiana 46975
Monday, September 28, 1987 11:55 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED INTO A STRONG LEFT CROSSWIND, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY A GROUND LOOP, AND NOSE OVER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/28/1987
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1155
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City ROCHESTER
Event State INDIANA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 46975
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport FULTON COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID RCR
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 790
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1150 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 96
Weather Observation Facility ID FWA
Elevation of weather observation facility 802
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 46
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 5000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 5
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 13
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1768
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 28 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1350
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35111
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:49PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N61V
NTSB Number CHI87LA225
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BOEING
Aircraft Model A75N1
Aircraft Series Identifier A75N1
Aircraft Serial Number 75984
Certified Max Gross Weight 2717
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 8 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 27
Airframe Hours 4400
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ROBERT A CUTSHALL
Aircraft Owner Street Address 960 OAK ST
Aircraft Owner City HUNTINGTON
Aircraft Owner State IN
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 46750
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name ROBERT A. CUTSHALL
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 960 OAK ST.
Operator City HUNTINGTON
Operator State IN
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 46750
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 03C
Departure City HUNTINGTON
Departure State IN
Departure Country
Departure Time 1125
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code RCR
Destination City ROCHESTER
Destination State IN
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 29
Runway Length 3200
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --