- Date
- November 25, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Zanesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41873Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831125058829A
- Case key
- 12500
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After departing Zanesville, OH, the acft was at 2500 ft MSL when the eng began to 'knock'. The cockpit filed with smoke & the eng began to lose oil. The plt turned back to land at the arpt. He reported that the eng continued to run until the acft was about 3/4 of the way on a downwind for rwy 22. At that point, the eng failed. The plt made a forced landing aprx 1000 ft short of the rwy. The ground conditions were soft & the gear collided. An exam revealed that the #3 piston had failed & the #3 cylinder was heavily grooved. The #3 cylinder (chrome) had been installed apprx 40 ft hrs prior to the accident. One of the rings in the #3 piston was chrome. According to the manufacturer, chrome plated rings should never be used in chrome plated cylinders. An unauthorized, champion EM-41E, hot running spark plug was used in the #3 cylinder. There was evidence that the initial piston failure was a dome burn thru from detonation on pre-ignition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41873
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7435222
- Airframe hours
- 3,544
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn O. Strawn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Destination
- Xenia, OH
- Airport
- ZZV · Zanesville Muni, runway 22, 5,000 × 150 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,025 total · 612 in this make and model · 913 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ZZV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.