Shindler SPECIAL GREAT LAKES N8727

Summary

On 29 June 1985 at about 22:15 local time, a Shindler SPECIAL GREAT LAKES registered N8727 was involved in an accident near Gentry, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 June 1985 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Gentry, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

40.3306, -94.4196

Aircraft

Shindler SPECIAL GREAT LAKES

Registration

N8727

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manhattan → Marysville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85LA143

1 person had minor injuries.

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

THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MANHATTAN, KANSAS, TO MARYSVILLE, MISSOURI. FLYING OFF COURSE FOR A SHORT TIME, THE PLT REGAINED HIS DIRECTIONS TO HIS FUELING STOP. WHILE RETURNING TO HIS INTENDED FUEL STOP THE ACFT ENG STOPPED AND A FORCED LANDING TO A BEAN FIELD WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE ENSUING LANDING IN THE FIELD FLIPPED THE ACFT INVERTED. INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS REVEALED NO QUANTITY OF FUEL IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.