# Accident 19820212003979A: Piper PA24250, Pleasant Hill, OH, February 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1982, 19:15 local time
- Place: Pleasant Hill, OH
- Airport: Dayton Cox
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0496° N, 84.3401° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0496&lon=-84.3401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5266P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5266P-1983-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FEG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820212003979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT NEAR DESTINATION. CRASH LANDED IN FARM FIELD. CAUSE OF POWER LOSS UNKNOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI82FEG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEG02), Feb 13, 1982: Piper PA-24-250 (N5266P), Pleasant Hill, OH, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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