- Date
- January 24, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesburg, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3467RCessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880124001119A
- Case key
- 35995
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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
Shortly after departure from runway 26, the aircraft engine failed. The aircraft banked to about 90 degrees, descended and impacted the ground. A flight instructor described the wind as very gusty and varying out of the south at approximately 10-20 knots. The post acc eng teardown showed that the rocker arm assembly for the #1 cylinder had failed. Lab exam of the failure showed fatigue cracks at the fracture origins.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3467R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258767
- Airframe hours
- 1,926
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnnie W. Maley, doing business as City Auto Sales,Inc.
- Registered owner
- City Auto Sales, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1987
- Airport
- WAY · Green County, runway 26, 3,500 × 75 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 586 total · 281 in this make and model · 448 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGW, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.