# NTSB CHI88DEG01: Piper PA-22-160, N9053D, Jackson, OH, September 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1988, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, OH
- Coordinates: 39.199005, -82.680953 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1990&lon=-82.6810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13859
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DEG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13859/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEG01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,valve,exhaust - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9053D-1992-03-23), registration cancelled 1992-03-23, S/N 226193 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (registry code 7102214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-6193
- Airframe hours: 2334
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880918041779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880918041779A), Sep 18, 1988: Piper PA22160, Jackson, OH, Substantial damage. Rough engine, power loss from broken exhaust valve. Hit wires, trees, fence and hay bale while landing in a field.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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