- Date
- August 21, 1982, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5044TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820821039959A
- Case key
- 71421
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
About 6 minutes after takeoff, there was a partial loss of engine power when the mixture lever was retarded to lean the engine for cruise. The mixture was quickly advanced, but the engine continued to lose power. The pilot turned back toward the departure airport. During the approach, the airspeed was high and the pilot was overshooting, so he initiated a go-around. However, the engine would only develop 1400 RPM. The aircraft was crash landed in a soy bean field. During a post-accident engine run-up, the engine would only develop 1700 RPM. The partial loss of power occurred when the marvel scheblier carburetor, pn MA45PA, malfunctioned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5044T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225330
- Airframe hours
- 3,406
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald L. Hudson
- Registered owner
- Ronald L. Hudson
- Departed
- Lexington, MS
- Destination
- Lexington, MS
- Airport
- Old Lexington Airport, runway 10, 3,200 × 0 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 164 in this make and model · 290 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 181 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.