- Date
- March 4, 1984, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Elmira, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9617JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840304024869A
- Case key
- 35506
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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
The acft was descending to land when the engine quit. The pilot attempted to restart the engine with negative results and made a forced landing into a plowed field. The weather conditions were conducive to carburetor ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9617J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3771
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Odyssey Air Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1983 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- N03 · Cortland, NY
- Destination
- Elmira, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ELM · Chemung Co.
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 3 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point -0 °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.