# Accident 19980918025549A: Piper PA28RT201T, Duck Creek, UT, September 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Duck Creek, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4009° N, 112.6291° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4009&lon=-112.6291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8252S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8252S-2000-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,184 total, 140 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA404) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025549A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ESPER AN ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD, THE ACFT STRUCK A GUARD RAIL ON LANDING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, (-23) DURING CRUISE AT 12,500 FEET IN VFR CONDITIONS, THE PILOT, MR. HANSON, NOTICED THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE HAD DROPPED FROM 32 DOWN TO 25. MR. HANSON INCREASED THROTTLE WITH NO RESULTS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE POWERPLANT BEGAN LOSING POWER. MR. HANSON NOTICED A DIRT ROAD BELOW HIM AND DESCENDED TO LAND ON IT. AS THE PILOT PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING, HE DROPPED THE GEAR AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINIMAL POWER. MR. HANSON LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DIRT ROAD AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL, BOTH WINGS STRUCK TWO POSTS ATTACHED TO A CATTLE GUARD. THE POWREPLANT STROPPED WITHOUT ANY PILOT ACTION. THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THE TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL TSIO360FB S/N 310502 REVEALED THE #3 CYLINDER ROCKER ARM HAD COME LOOSE AND THE STUDS PULLED OUT OF THE CYLINDER. AN FAA FORM 8101-4, MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WAS PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY THE COOPERATING REPAIR STATION.

## 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 FTW98LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA404), Sep 18, 1998: Piper PA-28RT-201T (N8252S), Duck Creek, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loose intake valve rocker arm studs that allowed a loss of compression and a loss of oil. A factor was unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing and poles next to a cattle guard.

## Other reports on N8252S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990523021969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990523021969A), May 23, 1999: Piper PA28RT201T (N8252S), Great Bend, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On may 23, 1999, approximately 1005 central daylight time (CDT), a Piper PA-28RT-201T, N8252S, piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed on impact with level…
- [Incident 19901031063379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901031063379I), Oct 31, 1990: Piper PA28RT201T (N8252S), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Electrical failure. Manually lowered gear. Gear collapsed on rollout. Found alternator cable broken.

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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