- Date
- February 12, 1980
- Place
- Sherman, IL · SHERMAN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4620JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800212002429A
- Case key
- 132220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0064 80/2/12 NR.SHERMAN,IL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1006 TIME - 1435 N4620J PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 214 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVOY,IL BEARDSTOWN,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKCASE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FRACTURE,TIME SINCE O/H 45 HOURS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4620J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.