# NTSB SEA87LA110: Piper PA28-151, N9232K, Aurora, OR, June 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1987, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Coordinates: 45.229782, -122.799842 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2298&lon=-122.7998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40636
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40636/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA110

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb
  - engine assembly,valve,intake - failure,total (cause)
  - maintenance,overhaul - not obtained, company/operator management (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING CLIMBOUT AT ABOUT 500 FEET AGL FOR A TOUCH AND GO, A LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. FORCED LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ONTO A ROUGH FIELD WHERE THE LEFT WING STRUCK A SMALL TREE. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND AND THE NOSE GEAR AND MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER FOUR EXHAUST VALVE FAILED AT THE STEM. THE TOTAL TIME ON THE ENGINE WAS BEYOND THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL TIME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9232K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9232K-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N 287615186 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-151
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 287615186
- Airframe hours: 4881
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Renyold F. Keeler
- Registered owner: Renyold F. Keeler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1986, 16 hours before
- Departed: 3S2, AURORA, OR
- Airport: 3S2, Aurora State, runway 25, 4,100 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 147 total, 147 in this make and model, 95 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870607019079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870607019079A), Jun 7, 1987: Piper PA28151, Aurora, OR, Substantial damage. The aircraft hit trees after engine failure. The number 4 exhaust valve broken causing collapse of muffler baffles.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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