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NTSB Identification: CEN13LA015
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in Cloverdale, IN
Probable Cause Approval Date: 03/24/2014
Aircraft: YOUNG ROBERT HERMAN WOODY PUSHER, registration: N10RY
Injuries: 1 Serious.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
While in cruise flight, the amateur-built airplane’s engine experienced a total loss of power and the pilot executed a forced landing to a field. During the landing the airplane nosed over and the pilot was seriously injured. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The recorded temperature and dew point at the time of the accident were conducive for the formation of moderate carburetor icing at cruise power.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.
On October 16, 2012, about 1430 eastern daylight time, an amateur-built Young Woody Pusher, N10RY, sustained minor damage during a forced landing to a field following a loss of engine power near Cloverdale, Indiana. The pilot received serious injuries during the event. The aircraft was registered to and operated by an individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The local flight originated from a private airstrip in Cloverdale, Indiana, about 1425.
The airplane was in cruise flight about 800 feet above ground level when the engine experienced a total loss of power. The pilot selected a field and performed a forced landing. During the landing, the tailwheel equipped airplane nosed over and came to rest on it's back.
The airplane was an experimental amateur-built design that employed a single strut braced wing. The engine was mounted in a pusher configuration on the wing with the pilot station at the front of the fuselage. The engine used on the airplane was a Continental Motors C-85 engine.
A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
A weather reporting station located about 23 miles south of the accident site recorded the temperature and dew point about the time of the accident as 19 and 6 degrees Celsius, respectively. According to a carburetor icing probability chart the conditions were conducive for moderate carburetor icing at cruise power settings and serious carburetor icing at glide power settings.
NTSB Identification: CEN13LA015
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in Cloverdale, IN
Aircraft: YOUNG ROBERT HERMAN WOODY PUSHER, registration: N10RY
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On October 16, 2012, about 1430 eastern daylight time, an amateur-built Young Woody Pusher, N10RY, sustained minor damage during a forced landing to a field following a loss of engine power near Cloverdale, Indiana. The pilot received serious injuries during the event. The aircraft was registered to and operated by an individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The flight originated from a private airstrip in Cloverdale, Indiana, about 1425.
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PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. (WTHI) - A 90-year-old airplane pilot survived an emergency landing crash but was injured, after his plane turned over onto its top.
Indiana State Police responded to a call of a plane crash near the 2400 block of East C.R. 1000 South in Cloverdale, Ind.
Preliminary investigation revealed the pilot, Vernon E. Bothwell Jr., 90, experienced complete engine failure on his 1986 fixed wing, single engine, model Woody Pusher, and was forced to make an emergency landing on an open field.
The 90-year-old Bothwell was able to make the landing; however, upon touchdown, the plane flipped and came to a stop on its top-side.
Bothwell was able to free himself from the wreck and was transported to the Putnam County Hospital for treatment of a possible ankle fracture and head laceration.
Troopers believe Bothwell is an experience pilot, dating back to World War II, and his injuries didn’t appear to be life threatening.
The Federal Aviation Administration will aid, and eventually take over the investigation to discover the cause of the engine failure.
The ISP crash investigation was completed by Senior Trooper DuJuan Presley-McFadden. Assisting were the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Putnam County EMS, Cloverdale Fire/Rescue, Cloverdale Police Department and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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