- Date
- September 30, 1982, 14:12 local (18:12 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N921CPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820930050799A
- Case key
- 71682
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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
Engine quit while cruising and a forced landing was made in a swamp. #3 cyl exhaust valve head failed. A section of the failed valve head travelled through the induction system into the #2 cylinder damaging both spark plugs rendering the cylinder inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N921C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7625059
- Airframe hours
- 1,224
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Simmons
- Registered owner
- Richard Simmons
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- BCT · Boca Raton, FL
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 589 total · 25 in this make and model · 372 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 15 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.