- Date
- September 23, 1987, 06:33 local (10:33 UTC)
- Place
- Geneva, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4010RPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870923055169A
- Case key
- 31783
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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
Flt experienced engine failure when the number six connecting rod separated from the crankshaft after failure of the connecting rod bearing. During an attempted forced landing during darkness the acft collided with trees and then crashed to the ground. Examination revealed the number six connecting rod bearing tin overlay peeled away from the aluminum bearing for undetermined reasons. The aluminum bearing was then damaged and separated from the rod. The connecting rod then overheated and separated from the crankshaft when the rod bolts failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4010R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3240303
- Airframe hours
- 2,939
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jay Reynolds Quality Cars
- Registered owner
- Jay Reynolds Quality Cars
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1986 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- COI · Cocoa, FL
- Destination
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 13 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB, 3 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.