- Date
- July 20, 1984, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glendo, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8168QPiper 28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840720034039A
- Case key
- 16432
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Analysis
The acft was damaged in a forced landing in a wooded area after the engine failed. The plt said that he was cruising at 7500 ft MSL when without warning the engine began making noises and then lost oil pressure. After the landing the enginewas examined at the duff acft co. in denver, CO. It was found that the crankshaft had failed. During laboratory failure anaysis these conclusions were drawn: failure from fatigue at low stress levels & fatigue originated on the walls of thelurication hole where coarse machine marks were present.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8168Q
- Reported as
- Piper 28RT-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-80 31072
- Airframe hours
- 823
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB1, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Fisher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1983 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- JAC · Jackson, WY
- Destination
- FSD · Sioux Falls, SD
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 338 total · 260 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.