- Date
- May 9, 1982, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6837JPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820509014569A
- Case key
- 71716
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Lubricating system,oil pressure pump - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Analysis
Engine failure forced pilot to land in an open plowed field. Aircraft collided with wires but a successful landing was made. Oil pump gear tooth had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6837J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7640101
- Airframe hours
- 184
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Unlimited
- Registered owner
- Aviation Unlimited
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Airport
- MWC · Timmerman
N6837JRegistration cancelled Jun 29, 1983 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,383 total · 238 in this make and model · 169 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.