- Date
- July 12, 1983, 10:11 local (14:11 UTC)
- Place
- Cynthiana, KY
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6866JPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830712029689A
- Case key
- 5933
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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
The acft crashed during a forced landing after an engine failure. The acft was cruising at 6000 ft MSL when the engine quit. The pilots set up a glide for Cynthiana/harrison arpt while trying to restart the engine. When it became apparent that they could not reach the arpt they headed for an open area. The acft went between 2 trees which took off both wingsand the fuselage hit the ground hard. The acft then slid to a stop. When the engine was examined the fuel servo was found inoperative. This assembly p/n 2539806 was the subject of a bendix service bulletin # RS-85 issued 6/20/83. Actionrecommended was to replace the diaphragm with a new one p/n 2541803. Service bulletins are not mandatory. This bulletin was made an airworthiness directive in 8/83.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6866J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7680373
- Airframe hours
- 1,452
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Jabara
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1983 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- SVM · Salem, MI
- Destination
- DKX · Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 018 · Cynthiana
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 709 total · 190 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.