- Date
- July 26, 1985, 08:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- South Bay, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32576Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850726034279A
- Case key
- 31431
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The eng lost pwr during a sightseeing flt at 1200 ft MSL and the plt selected a divided hwy for an emergency landing to the west. Because he was overtaking a truck on the westbound lanes, the plt tried to land on the median strip. The acft was caught in the truck's wake turbulence, the right wheel hit hard and was torn off the strut. The acft veered across the hwy and came to rest on the north shoulder heading in almost the opposite direction. A connecting rod was protrudingthrough the eng case. The rod bolts were found missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32576
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7505074
- Airframe hours
- 2,611
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lars R. Hagen
- Registered owner
- Bendix Avionics Emp. Flying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1984 · 173 hours before
- Departed
- BCT · Boca Raton, FL
- Destination
- FXE · Ft.Lauderdale, 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 4 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 35 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.