# NTSB MKC86LA107: Piper PA-22-150, N7255D, Ashby, NE, May 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Ashby, NE
- Coordinates: 42.019851, -101.930496 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0199&lon=-101.9305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34175/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA107

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, descent
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE AND A PASSENGER WERE SIGHTSEEING WHEN HE INCREASED THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH, APPLIED CARB HEAT AND REDUCED POWER FOR A GLIDE ACROSS A VALLEY. WHEN HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO LEVEL OFF THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. DURING THE FORCED LANDING IN HILLY TERRAIN, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND NOSED OVER. AN INSPECTION DID NOT INDICATE ANY REASON FOR THE ENG FAILURE. A CARBURETOR ICING PROBABILITY CHART INDICATES THAT CARB ICE WAS NOT PROBABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7255D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7255D-2006-08-07), registration cancelled 2006-08-07, S/N 22-5081, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-5081
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gary Sutton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 19, 1986, 2,741 hours before
- Departed: AIA, ALLIANCE, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 478 total, 478 in this make and model, 478 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 215° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 34 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860511042129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860511042129A), May 11, 1986: Piper PA22150, Ashby, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that the engine quit. Nosed over during the forced landing. No evidence to indicate engine failure.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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