- Date
- September 18, 1988, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9053DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880918041779A
- Case key
- 13859
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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
While in cruise flight, the eng began running rough & would not produce enough power to maintain level flt. The plt selected a pasture for an emergency landing. Just before landing, the acft struck & severed a transmission line. It then brushed a treetop & crashed into a haybale & a fence before coming to rest. An exam of the eng revealed the #3 exhaust valve had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9053D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6193
- Airframe hours
- 2,334
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven Nmi Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1988 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- RZT · Chillicothe, OH
- Destination
- RZT
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 12 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.