- Date
- September 23, 1979
- Place
- Omaha, NE · OMAHA, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54435Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790923026849A
- Case key
- 133486
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2696 79/9/23 OMAHA,NE PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N54435 PX- 0 0 2 DEMONSTRATION AGE 22, 299 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLARD AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STICKING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO.4 PISTON OIL RING,PN 73857,FAILED & NO.4 EXHAUST VLV STUCK.EMERG LNDG IN ALFALFA FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54435
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Millard Airport
N54435Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.