- Date
- February 12, 1982, 19:15 local (Feb 13, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pleasant Hill, OH
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5266PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820212003979A
- Case key
- 72257
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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.
Analysis
While enroute, the pilot elected to climb over the weather rather than fly through it. At about 12,000 ft MSL over the weather, he encountered an engine problem. He initiated emergency procedures and informed dayton approach control of his problem. Unable to start the engine, he made a crash landing in a plowed field at dusk. An examination of the aircraft and engine revealed no mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5266P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7102404
- Airframe hours
- 2,527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George W Brandt III
- Registered owner
- Norman J Becker
- Departed
- DPA · Chicago, OH
- Destination
- DAY · Vandalia, OH
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 880 total · 880 in this make and model · 668 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 77 °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.