Hamilton Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Cincinnati, Ohio 43216
Saturday, January 11, 1986 12:00 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

TEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ENG PWR. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED DURING THE FORCED LANDING IN A ROUGH FIELD. EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THE PISTON HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WRIST PIN CAUSING THE #5 CYLINDER TO SEPARATE FROM THE BLOCK.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/11/1986
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1200
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City CINCINNATI
Event State OHIO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 43216
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 1
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport HAMILTON
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HAO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 5
Degrees magnetic from airport 350
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1150 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID CIN
Elevation of weather observation facility 891
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 12
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 4
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 2
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -3
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
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 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 372
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jan 12 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1250
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 30598
Date of most recent change to record Jan 10 2001 2:57PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4000G
NTSB Number CHI86LA062
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 NAVION
Aircraft Model A
Aircraft Series Identifier A
Aircraft Serial Number N41920
Certified Max Gross Weight 2750
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 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 17 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 8
Airframe Hours 3090
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name R. L. BROOKS
Aircraft Owner Street Address 11262 ENYARD RD.
Aircraft Owner City LOVELAND
Aircraft Owner State OH
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 45140
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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 HAO
Departure City HAMILTON
Departure State OH
Departure Country
Departure Time 1150
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code I77
Destination City CINCINNATI
Destination State OH
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 10 2001 2:56PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --