ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284072
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| Date: | Sunday 4 November 2007 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: | Zenair 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N601AG |
| MSN: | 63365 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 654 hours |
| Engine model: | Subaru EA 81 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Greenwood, Indiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Greenwood, IN |
| Columbus Municipal Airport, IN (CLU/KBAK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot reported that during climb out smoke began coming into the cockpit, the engine lost power, the oil pressure dropped to zero, and then the engine seized. The pilot attempted a landing in a plowed field, during which the nose wheel collapsed and the airplane "flipped over on its back." Oil was found on the bottom of the airplane's fuselage during subsequent examination. The examination failed to reveal the source of the oil leak. The airplane had accumulated 0.6 hours of flight time since having undergone an annual condition inspection performed by the pilot/builder.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power due to a lubricating system leak for undetermined reasons which resulted in engine seizure, and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. Contributing factors were the plowed field and the nose gear failure which resulted in the nose over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI08CA034
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 07:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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