- Date
- June 17, 1994, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Joseph, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5025SPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940617016359A
- Case key
- 9574
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Probable cause
the loss of engine power due to the failure of the number two cylinder.
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
While in cruise flight, the airplane experienced a complete loss of engine power. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport. When he realized that the airplane would not make the airport, he elected to land on a field. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed the #2 cylinder had fractured at mid barrel.
Factual narrative
On June 17, 1994, about 1400 central daylight time, a Piper PA- 28, N5025S, experienced a loss of engine power while en route from Kearney, Nebraska, to Washington, Missouri. The pilot made a forced landing on a field approximately two miles east of St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Missouri. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot received minor injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight operated in visual meteorological conditions on an IFR flight plan.
The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing at St. Joseph Airport. When he realized that the airplane would not make the airport, he elected to land on a field. During the landing roll, the airplane's nose gear collapsed. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed the #2 cylinder had fractured at mid barrel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5025S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35761
- Airframe hours
- 1,552
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack And Ruby Hill
- Registered owner
- Jack And Ruby Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 16, 1993 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- EAR · Kearney, NE
- Destination
- MO49 · Washington, MO
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 543 total · 16 in this make and model · 447 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STJ, 2 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.