Amateur-built 13 accident near Lansing, Illinois, October 30, 1982
On October 30, 1982 at about 4:15 pm local time, a amateur-built 13, registered N13625, was substantially damaged in an accident near Lansing, Illinois (Lansing airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 30, 1982 · about 4:15 pm local time
- Place
- Lansing, Illinois · Lansing · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built 13
- Registration
- N13625 · registry record · serial I
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PILOT STATED HE TOOK OFF TO THE WEST AND JUST AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE INLET FUEL LINE TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD ROTTED AND LARGE PIECES OF THE INTERIOR COATING WERE FOUND INSIDE THE LINE.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea
- Flight time: 9,325 hours in all; 166 in this make and model; 2 in the last 90 days; 9,325 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Unknown (invalid medical for flight)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 141 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,350 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Warner 550 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 3HA Lansing IL at 11:15 am
- Destination: 3HA Lansing IL
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 27
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 225° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; not recorded
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CHI83LA029.