- Date
- June 14, 1987, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7306WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870614020429A
- Case key
- 13779
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that shortly after lift-off, the eng bgn 'hitting & missing.' He made a shallow left turn to avoid a house & land in a corn field. However, the acft stalled & the left wing struck the ground. An exam of the eng revealed that a screw (which held the breaker points in the right magneto) had come out & allowed the points to come loose & not follow the lobes on the cam. The acft had 50 hrs of flt time since the last annual inspn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7306W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1162
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert M. Jackson
- Registered owner
- Reese Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 3AE
- Destination
- AID
- Airport
- 3AE · Ace Airpark, runway 27, 3,580 × 70 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 6 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AID
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7306W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.