- Date
- September 5, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chana, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2935WWeatherly 201B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920905035499A
- Case key
- 15236
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Probable cause
Fracture of a connecting rod resulting in loss of engine power.
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 pilot experienced engine power loss returning from an aerial application flight. The forced landing in a rough-surfaced pasture resulted in structural damage. Engine disassembly showed the number 8 rod had separated across the i-beam section and flailed against adjacent parts of the engine interior.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2935W
- Reported as
- Weatherly 201B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 603
- Airframe hours
- 5,272
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN3, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Hendrickson Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Hendrickson Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- IL93 · Creston, IL
- Destination
- IL93
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,265 total · 160 in this make and model · 1,202 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 160 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2935W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.