- Date
- November 10, 1982, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- 27ne Rogue Rive, OR
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N656ZMPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821110057979A
- Case key
- 69636
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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
At 9,500 ft the eng failed. The acft impacted a large tree while maneuvering to land on a rural road in heavily forested mountains. Eng examination revealed that the top of the case had a large hole on the rear portion. Pushrod housings were missing from #5 & #6 cylinders. The rear case contained massive amounts of metal pieces. The major portionof the #5 conrod was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N656ZM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40331
- Airframe hours
- 992
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Martin Olson
- Registered owner
- Armstrong Mccullen/Philpohard
- Departed
- Eugene, OR
- Destination
- Medford, OR
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 75 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 113 °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.