- Date
- March 18, 1988, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2758PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13853
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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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that just after leveling off, the eng started to sputter. He initiated emergency procedures, but was unable to restore power. During an emergency landing at dusk, the acft hit a ditch & nosed over. An investigation revealed the #3 exhaust valve had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2758P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3065
- Airframe hours
- 2,020
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terry Heller
- Registered owner
- Terry Heller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 33, 3,400 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 65 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPA, 2 nm away
Other investigations on N2758P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.