- Date
- August 24, 1988, 07:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lordsburg, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6189HPiper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880824035179A
- Case key
- 17520
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following takeoff the acft lost power at 150-200 ft AGL. Plt landed in rough terrain. During landing the left wing and landing gear separated. Examination revealed a failed exhaust valve guide and soft valve springs due to blow-by heat. At the time of the accident the engine had accumulated 3571 hrs since overhaul and 186 hrs since annual inspection. According to avco-lycoming service letter L201B, the recommended time for overhaul is 1800 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6189H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837057
- Airframe hours
- 3,757
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Page, Marc S.
- Registered owner
- Marc S. Page
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1988 · 186 hours before
- Destination
- P20 · Parker, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 200 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DMN, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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