- Date
- November 13, 1987, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77PLPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871113069819A
- Case key
- 13886
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo cross-country flight, the aircraft sustained a power loss due to failure of the #3 connecting rod. Subsequently, the student pilot made an emergency landing in a swamp and the aircraft was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77PL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5793
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ken M. Prachar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1987 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- 218 · Moose Lake, MN
- Destination
- 7Y5 · Battle Lake, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 70 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRD, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.