- Date
- October 3, 1982, 19:00 local (Oct 4, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8055WGrumman AA-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003052489A
- Case key
- 71536
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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
After takeoff from a touch & go the eng lost power. The #1 cyl upper plug lead nut had backed off & the lead was found resting in the plug. The #2 & #4 cyl upper plug lead nuts had backed off & both leads were not in the spark plugs but were resting on the cyl. The #4 cyl lower plug lead had backed off allowing it to drop out of the plug.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8055W
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C0095
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph O. Rogers
- Registered owner
- Ralph O. Rogers
- Departed
- IMS · Madison, IN
- Destination
- IMS · Madison, IN
- Airport
- IMS · Madison, runway 36, 5,000 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 1,005 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 335 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8055W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.