- Date
- July 29, 1978
- Place
- Hobart, IN · HOBART, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1862JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780729022189A
- Case key
- 139912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1834 78/7/29 HOBART,IN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N1862J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 1921 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBART SKYRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBART,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ONE THIRD OF EXHAUST VALUE FACE MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1862J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobart Skyranch
N1862JRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1862J · 2
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