19890117007109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Ft Myers, FL · January 17, 1989

Date
January 17, 1989 · 06:30 local
Place
Ft Myers, FL
Airport
Page Field
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FPIA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4763T
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89LA066
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,623 total50 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine failed on climbout. Crash landed off airport. Connecting rod cap bolt failed causing catastrophic failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED OFF AIRPORT. CONNECTING ROD CAP BOLT FAILED CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.