- Date
- December 4, 1981
- Place
- Cheshire, OR · CHESHIRE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3990MPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811204077549A
- Case key
- 123009
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3181 81/12/4 CHESHIRE,OR PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N3990M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 2227 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 32 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,OR TORRANCE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FND NO 1 & NO 2 RODS HAD FAILED,NO 1 ROD CAP HAD SEPD,HOLE IN CRANK CASE NR NO 1 CYL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3990M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.