- Date
- August 24, 1984, 05:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Woodstock, IL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5541JPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840824043469A
- Case key
- 12749
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the terrain during a forced landing. The wx was VMC & no flt plan was filed. During the forced landing in a farm field the right main gear was sheared off and the nose gear bent. The left wing was also substantiallydamaged. The engine was inspected after the accident & the oil filter was found to contain fine chips of aluminum. The oil pump appeared to be operable. All six connecting rod bearings were heat scorched. The plt reported that shortly after takeoff at an alt of 3000 ft MSL the eng began running rough. He said he headed back to arpt of origin but en route the engine lost all power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5541J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-1004
- Airframe hours
- 4,397
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Penar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 22, 1984 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- 3CK · Crystal Lake, IL
- Destination
- YAG · Fort Frances
- Airport
- 3CK · Lake-In-The-Hills
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 310 in this make and model · 11,350 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 26 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.
Other investigations on N5541J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.