- Date
- July 28, 1982, 20:05 local (Jul 29, 1982, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Carrollton, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N956WSIAI Marchetti S.205-22/R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728069769A
- Case key
- 70143
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The aircraft engine failed inflight and during the forced landing on a road the aircraft collided with posts. An investigation showed that a #4 connecting rodcap attaching bolt had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N956W
- Reported as
- SIAI Marchetti S.205-22/R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-156
- Airframe hours
- 1,104
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William E. Griffith
- Registered owner
- William E. Griffith
- Departed
- MQB · Macomb, IL
- Destination
- SUS · Saint Louis, MO
N956WRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2011 · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22REngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 21 in this make and model · 197 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.