- Date
- May 17, 1987, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Turlock, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N38458Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870517038449A
- Case key
- 25590
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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
Approximately 15 minutes into a pleasure flight, the engine experienced a partial loss of power. The pilot made an emergency landing at a nearby airport, where upon landing the aircraft ran off the runway and collided with a bush. Inspection of the engine revealed that the number 4 cylinder exhaust valve broke. There were no other mechanical failure or malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38458
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7716256
- Airframe hours
- 1,882
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marshall, Wilbur L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- O15 · Turlock, CA
- Airport
- Turlock Airport, runway 31, 2,100 × ft, concrete
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 460 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MER, 12 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.