# Accident 20141012020579A: Piper PA-28-151, Granville, MA, October 12, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Granville, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0997° N, 72.9231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0997&lon=-72.9231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57SH-2016-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 820 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141012020579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED GREAT BARRINGTON AIRPORT, MA (KGBR) DESTINED FOR NORWOOD AIRPORT, MA (KOWD). DURING ENROUTE TO DESTINATION PILOT DECLARED MAYDAY EMERGENCY DUE TO #1 ENGINE CYLINDER HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATION. NO FIRE, NO SMOKE OBSERVED, AND PILOT INITIALLY INTENDED TO COMPLETE EMERGENCY LANDING AT BARNES AIRPORT, MA (KBAF). PILOT THEN DECIDED HE COULDN'T MAKE KBAF AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT IN FARMERS GRASS FIELD. UPON TOUCH DOWN WITH FLAPS FULLY RETRACTED AND POWER APPLIED, THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED GROUND AND WAS SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT THEN SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA15LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA015), Oct 12, 2014: Piper PA-28-151 (N57SH), Granville, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Deformation of the No. 1 cylinder's intake valve, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and a subsequent off-airport precautionary landing.

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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