- Date
- September 4, 1988, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1281TPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880904040709A
- Case key
- 7807
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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 pilot reported that while in cruise flight he had a partial then total electrical failure. During the off- airport emergency landing on a wet, grassy field, the pilot was unable to stop before sliding into a culvert. Examination of the airplane revealed that both belts for the accessory drive were missing from the engine area. The aircraft was being ferried to new owners.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1281T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7235254
- Airframe hours
- 1,506
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- 2 Genes Avn
- Registered owner
- Robert S Rush
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- CUB · Columbia, SC
- Destination
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 577 total · 14 in this make and model · 533 as pilot in command · 159 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 28 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.