- Date
- March 7, 1987, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Toronto, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9412DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7386
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Overrun
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
Terrain condition - downhill
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
The plt reported that the engine quit completely after takeoff at about 50-75 ft AGL without any warning. The plt attempted to land back on the rwy and the acft overran the rwy end. Examination of the acft after the accident revealed no malfunctions, defects, or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9412D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6273
- Airframe hours
- 2,708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John J. Jones
- Registered owner
- John J. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1986
- Airport
- 1G8 · Dyer Airpork, runway 34, 2,250 × 226 ft, grass/turf
N9412DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 369 total · 305 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F