- Date
- March 8, 1987, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Genoa, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4200JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308006099A
- Case key
- 13741
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The aircraft experienced a loss of power on takeoff, for undetermined reasons, and was forced to make an emergency landing. On impact the nose gear and main landing gear sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4200J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2822544
- Airframe hours
- 1,211
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sun Stream Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Norman Lively
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- DKB · Dekalb, IL
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,600 × ft, grass/turf
N4200JRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 15 in this make and model · 63 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.