- Date
- August 6, 1987, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairwater, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6793JPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870806050409A
- Case key
- 13652
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the plt attempted to add pwr to level off from a dscnt, the eng did not respond. He then applied carb heat & tried to restart the eng, but to no avail. During an emerg landing, the acft touched down with a tailwind, struck a fence & skidded to a stop in a cornfield. No preimpact mechanical problems were rprtd. The plt believed the eng may have lost pwr due to carb ice; conds were conducive to carb ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6793J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24522
- Airframe hours
- 1,588
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert B. Phillips
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1987 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
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
- 69
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,236 total · 191 in this make and model · 1,044 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 22 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.