# Accident 19980516014299A: Nancng CJ6A, Pageland, SC, May 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1998, 13:40 local time
- Place: Pageland, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7696° N, 80.3808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7696&lon=-80.3808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N158T-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6A (registry code 056183N, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCNG CJ6A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980516014299A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION POWER LOSS. LANDED HARD CLEARING TREES. NOSED OVER. NR9 CYLNDER SEPERATED. BROKEN CONNECTING ROD. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT ABOUT 800FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ABOUT 1.5 MILES EAST OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE PILOT FELT A VIBRATION AND ABSERVED AN OBJECT PROTRUDING THROUGH THE ENGINE COWLING. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND SPEED BRAKE EXTENDED, AFTER CLEARING TREES, THE AIRPLANE STALLED, IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE LOW, THEN NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NO.9 CYLINDER WAS SEPERATED FROM THE ENGINE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NO.9 CYLINDER PISTON WAS FAILED, THE AUXILIARY ROD END SLEEVE WAS MISSING, AND THE AUXILIARY ROD PISTON PIN HOLE WAS ELONGATED. THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE ENGINE HAD ACCUMULATED 425 HOURS SINCE NEW AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. (-23) APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF PAGELAND AIRPORT (PYG), THE ENGINE OF N158T BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. AN ENGINE CYLINDER WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE TOP COWLING AND THE ENGINE FAILED. AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE IN A HAY                                                  FIELD, AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO CAROLINA MEDICAL CENTER. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS ON THE GROUND.

## 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 MIA98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA163), May 16, 1998: Nanchang CJ-6A (N158T), Pageland, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Was the inadvertent stall of the airplane by the pilot-in-command while attempting to clear trees beneath the airplane during the descent for the forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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