- Date
- February 6, 1990, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- South Webster, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5236LPiper PA28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900206002299A
- Case key
- 14627
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Probable cause
An engine failure. Soft terrain in the forced landing area is a factor.
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 accident airplane experienced a complete engine failure during a personal flight. It sustained substantial damage when all three landing gear failed during an off airport forced landing to a grassy soft field. The private certificated pilot and his two passengers were not injured. A post accident inspection revealed a six inch diameter hole in the top of the engine crankcase and a material failure of the number 2 connecting rod assembly and connecting rod bolts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5236L
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4530
- Airframe hours
- 3,926
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pmh Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1989 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- PMH · Portsmouth, OH
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 60 in this make and model · 96 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.