- Date
- April 27, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N74189Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830427018779A
- Case key
- 5906
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While over a wooded area at 800 ft AGL the eng failed. The plt was unable to reach a suitable landing site before contacting the ground on an embankment below the elevation of a nearby road. The acft struck a telephone cable prior to touchdown. The #4 conrod was found broken near the inboard end (rough granular fracture) & was broken at the outboard end. The piston wrist pin was disintegrated. The piston pin boss was broken on one end. Chunks & metal shavings were found throughout the eng. There was no evidence of oil starvation. The eng was last overhauled in 1973, 124 tach hours prior to the accident, & all pistons were new. The acft had operated 4 hrs since the last annual on 9/9/82 & only 7 hrs since the previous annual on 7/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74189
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75717
- Airframe hours
- 3,846
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-3, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Settle, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1982 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 8A4 · Kennesaw, GA
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mccollum
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 496 total · 219 in this make and model · 385 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGE, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N74189 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.