- Date
- October 24, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dexter, NY
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4031WPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821024055099A
- Case key
- 70475
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,crankshaft - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The aircraft made a forced landing going upslope on a river bank following an engine failure. The landing was made just short of an open field. The engine failure occurred at 1404 feet. The power loss was due to failure of crankshaft gear indexing dowel pin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4031W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40066
- Airframe hours
- 3,110
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. Mcintosh
- Registered owner
- Mcclu, Inc.
- Departed
- ART · Dexter, NY
- Destination
- YGK · Kingston
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ART · Watertown International, runway 7, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 865 total · 800 in this make and model · 764 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ART
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.