- Date
- August 1, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rockford, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5286LPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820801033799A
- Case key
- 72413
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Stall/mush - continued
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The aircraft began to settle or mush after takeoff so the pilot made a landing in a school yard. Post accident examination failure to reveal any evidence of engine malfunction although pilot claimed he lost power. The aircraft was about 80 lbs. Below maximum gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5286L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4586
- Airframe hours
- 872
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph Alcorn
- Registered owner
- Ralph Alcorn
- Departed
- 1C8 · Rockford, IL
- Destination
- 73C · Lancaster, WI
- Airport
- 1C8 · Cottonwood, runway 18, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 170 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Observed at
- RFD, 5 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.