- Date
- January 19, 1983, 04:25 local (10:25 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5818FPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830119001279A
- Case key
- 11973
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While cruising at 4,000 ft MSL the eng quit. During a forced landing on rolling farm terrain both main landing gear separated. The acft then slid through a barbed wire fence & caught fire. Metallurgical examination revealed a fatigue failure of the idle set screw that controls the diaphram setting in the bendix fuel injection (p/n 2424273-10). The stemof the screw failed as a result of reversed bending stresses caused by side to side forces. This type of failure could not be explained as the principal force applied to the adjustment screw would primarily be in a twisting motion rather than a side to side applied force.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5818F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-770006
- Airframe hours
- 3,002
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIG5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Aurora Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Destination
- MSP · Minneapolis, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,225 total · 152 in this make and model · 2,105 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 34 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.