Siefert 5151RG N81728

Summary

On 10 June 1997 at about 18:15 local time, a Siefert 5151RG registered N81728 was involved in an accident near Shelbyville, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 June 1997 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Shelbyville, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

39.5197, -85.7709

Aircraft

Siefert 5151RG

Registration

N81728

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Grass Airstrip

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI97LA163

1 person died.

the cause of the accident is undetermined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A witness reported that the engine sounded fine and the airplane appeared to be flying normally when it departed the airport at 1300 CDT. At 1815, the airplane wreckage was found in a soybean field about 1/2 mile from the pilot's grass airstrip. No one witnessed the accident. This was a wooden kit airplane that the pilot had built; he received a Special Airworthiness Certificate on April 24, 1997. The pilot had flown the airplane about five hours. The airplane's wooden and fabric covered fuselage was destroyed by fire. There were five prop strikes about 12 inches apart leading to the sheared off propeller blades and engine. The aircraft was found in the inverted position about eight feet from the first propeller strike. The landing gear was extended. Examination of the engine revealed no anomalies, and the flight controls had continuity.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.