# NTSB DEN86LA209: Piper PA-28-180, N7592W, Fargo, ND, July 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1986, 14:12 local (19:12 UTC)
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Location: 46.9062° N, 96.8135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9062&lon=-96.8135&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17021
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17021/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA209

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, descent - normal
  - engine assembly,valve,intake - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTS THAT THE FLT WAS DESCENDING THROUGH 7,000 FT APPROACHING THE DEST ARPT WHEN THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOST PWR. THE FLT CONTINUED TOWARD TO THE ARPT BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY AND LANDED ABOUT 1/4 MI SHORT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE #3 CYL EXH VALVE WAS BROKEN. SOME PIECES OF THE BROKEN VALVE WERE NOT FOUND DURING THE EXAMINATION AND THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7592W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7592W-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 28-1557, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-1557
- Airframe hours: 3562
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Archard T. Uttley Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 12, 1985, 83 hours before
- Departed: LXL, LITTLE FALLS, MN
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FAR, Hector Field, runway 35, 9,546 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 180 total, 133 in this make and model, 115 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAR, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860726035219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860726035219A), Jul 26, 1986: Piper PA28180, Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. The engine failed. The aircraft struck a fence during landing. Cylinder exhaust valve broken.

## Other investigations on N7592W (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI68F0561](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0561), Jan 17, 1968: Piper PA-28 (N7592W), Columbus, OH, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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