- Date
- August 1, 1982, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dubois, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2852EPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820801033729A
- Case key
- 70510
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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
After power interruption during cruise the pilot returned to the airport for landing. Turning base leg the engine ouit. The pilot cut short the base leg and landed on the grass beside runway 25. No reasons for engine malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2852E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29-7990493
- Airframe hours
- 206
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank Luke
- Registered owner
- Frank Luke
- Departed
- DUJ · Dubois, PA
- Destination
- DUJ · Dubois, PA
- Airport
- DUJ · Dubois, runway 25, 5,505 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 230 in this make and model · 108 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.