- Date
- August 8, 1983, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wagner, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4573MPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830808045289A
- Case key
- 16134
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that the eng began loosing power as he approached his destination. He elected to make an emergency landing on a road to investigate the problem. He stated that he made a stalled landing that caused the tailwheel to unlock & allowed the acft to veer to the left. He added power to correct the situation, then the left wing hit a wire. According to the plt, the eng problem was caused by the magnetos which had recently been worked on.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4573M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1176
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas Wiechman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 86 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.