- Date
- August 2, 1993, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moncks Corner, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7027PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930802029509A
- Case key
- 3248
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Probable cause
Failure of the number one cylinder at the cylinder flange radius.
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 engine lost power during cruise flight at 2000 feet AGL. The pilot force landed the airplane in a field approximately 5 miles east of the airport. The landing gear collapsed on rollout when it struck a line of bushes. Examination of the engine revealed that the number one cylinder had broken off in the flange radius, which resulted in failure of the number one piston at the wrist pin. No evidence of fatigue was found on the cylinder fracture surfaces.
Factual narrative
On August 2, 1993, at 1030 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-180, N7027P, collided with terrain during a forced landing near Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The airplane was operated by the pilot under 14 CFR Part 91 and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. A flight plan was not filed for the personal flight. There were no injuries to the private pilot, while the airplane was substantially damaged. Origination of the flight was Georgetown, South Carolina, at about 0900 on the same day.
The pilot reported that the engine quit while in cruise flight at approximately 2000 ft. AGL. A forced landing was made into wooded terrain, causing damage to the airframe and landing gear. Examination of the airplane's engine, a Lycoming O-360-AT1, revealed that the number one cylinder had broken away from the engine. Also, the number one piston was broken off at the wrist pin. No evidence of fatigue was found at the cylinder fracture surfaces.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7027P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2174
- Airframe hours
- 3,366
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jordan, Ray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1992 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- GGE · Georgetown, SC
- Airport
- 50J · Berkley County, runway 23, 3,801 × 75 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
- 72
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 15 in this make and model · 6,200 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS, 20 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 N7027P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.