Hodson MIDGET MUSTANG N7C
8 October 1985 · Evansville, Indiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 October 1985 at about 23:17 local time, a Hodson MIDGET MUSTANG registered N7C, operated by Raymond A. Reuter, was involved in an accident near Evansville, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:17
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Evansville, Indiana, United States
- Coordinates
- 37.9300, -87.6702
- Aircraft
- Hodson MIDGET MUSTANG
- Registration
- N7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Raymond A. Reuter
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Evansville → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI86FEX02
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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
WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE PLT PERFORMING AEROBATICS AND FLYING LOW IN AN AREA NEAR HIS PARENT'S HOME. THE ACFT WAS THEN SEEN TO ENTER A STEEP RIGHT BANK DURING WHICH, WITNESSES STATED, THE ENG SPUTTERED AND QUIT. THE ACFT THEN PITCHED DOWN AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AT A HIGH SPEED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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