- Date
- July 15, 1988, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lowell, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3738XAero Commander 100-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880715026839A
- Case key
- 34602
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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
About one hour after takeoff, the plt noted that the eng began to run rough. He reduced the power to 2000 RPM & enriched the mixture. He continued flying for about another hour, then the eng lost power. The plt attempted an emergency landing on a frontage road, but was unable to reach it. The acft was damaged when it touched down on rough terrain just short of the road. An exam revealed the exhaust & intake valves at the #4 cylinder had stuck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3738X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 100-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5047
- Airframe hours
- 2,109
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sameul T. Hucke
- Registered owner
- Hucke, Samuel T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MO85 · Harrisonville, MO
- Destination
- ASG · Springdale, AR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,125 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.