- Date
- January 3, 1988, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Stanley, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N863APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880103000929A
- Case key
- 14030
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Lubricating system,oil tubing - improperFactor
Maintenance,installation - improperFactor
Lubricating system,oil tubing - frozenCause
Lubricating system - leakCause
Window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy)
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Factor
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Terrain condition - frozenFactor
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N863A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-166
- Airframe hours
- 3,160
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl W. Wildenberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1987 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- D76 · Menomonie, WI
- Airport
- RLA · Boyd, runway 36, 1,400 × 11 ft, snow
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.