- Date
- October 24, 1973
- Place
- Rowe, IL · ROWE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6762WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731024034809A
- Case key
- 188104
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3455 73/10/24 ROWE,ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N6762W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHAUMBURG,ILL BLOOMINGTON,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONNECTING ROD BOLTS P/N 78027 FAILED NR 3 AND 4 CYL.MFG REC 40FT LB TORQUE,BOLTS TORQUED 36FT LB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6762W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N6762W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI84LA297Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth Liberty, INThe plt had changed departure runway due to shifting winds of 10-15 KTS, electing rwy 18 when wind seemed favorable. On initial climb, aircraft performance was insufficient to clear trees at end of runway. Acft came to rest in trees. Acft manual specifies…NTSB CHI78DEE07Accident · No injuriesClosedSchaumburg, ILNTSB CHI66D0390Accident · No injuriesClosedLombard, IL