Mong Sport MS-1 N98L

Summary

On 1 May 1982 at about 14:05 local time, a Mong Sport MS-1 registered N98L, operated by Leroy Taylor, was involved in an accident near Pendleton, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 May 1982 at 14:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Pendleton, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Huntzinger (IN31)

Coordinates

39.9994, -85.7401

Aircraft

Mong Sport MS-1

Registration

N98L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Leroy Taylor

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crawfordsville → Anderson

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82DA147

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHEN THE PILOT ARRIVED AT ANDERSON, INDIANA, HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE ACE AIRPORT. HE SAW HUNTZINGER AIRPORT, A PRIVATE STRIP, AND DECIDED TO LAND TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE ACE AIRPORT WAS LOCATED. DURING AN APPROACH TO THE SOD RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES AND CRASHED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE POWER LINE POLES WERE HIDDEN BY TREES AND THE LINES WERE NOT MARKED. THE OWNER HAD OFFERED TO ASSUME THE COST TO BURY THE LINES, BUT AS OF THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAD NOT APPROVED THE ACTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.