- Date
- January 27, 1984, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Imnaha, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7771KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840127001939A
- Case key
- 39869
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing on a snow covered field. The plt reported that the acft began to lose power at about 6500 ft MSL. An inspection of the eng did not reveal any mechanical malfunction or discrepancy.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7771K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-605
- Airframe hours
- 2,876
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack H. Ross
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983
- Departed
- PDT · Pendleton, OR
- Destination
- Lords Flat, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 125 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKE, 58 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.