Amateur-built CASSUTT SPORT RACER accident near Lake Village, Indiana, January 22, 1985
On January 22, 1985 at about 5:30 pm local time, a amateur-built CASSUTT SPORT RACER, registered N12SG, was substantially damaged in an accident near Lake Village, Indiana (Lake Village airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person had minor injuries. 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
- January 22, 1985 · about 5:30 pm local time
- Place
- Lake Village, Indiana · Lake Village · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built CASSUTT SPORT RACER CASSUTT SP
- Registration
- N12SG · registry record · serial TDH-2
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER COLLIDING WITH A SNOW BANK DURING LANDING. A SNOW COVERED DRIVEWAY, WHICH PARALLELS THE RWY WAS USED FOR LANDING. THE DRIVEWAY MEASURES 2600'X 25' AND THE LANDING WAS MADE TO THE NORTH. THE ACFT WAS BLOWN TO THE RIGHT DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A SNOW BANK.
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: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 7,233 hours in all; 7 in this make and model; 41 in the last 90 days; 7,150 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: ctr
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 326 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, July 11, 1984
- Maximum gross weight: 730 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming O-320 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 05C Griffith IN
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 280° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 3,500 ft
- Temperature: 28°F (-2°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 CHI85LA093.