- Date
- September 29, 1992, 15:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Troutdale, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8274CPiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920929042979A
- Case key
- 42913
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Probable cause
Separation of the number 3 cylinder exhaust valve head and overloading of the nose gear strut. A factor contributing to the accident was the uneven terrain.
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
While in cruise the engine began running rough and vibrating. The pilot, unable to maintain altitude due to the power loss, executed a forced landing onto an uneven field during which the nose gear strut folded aft due to overload and the aircraft nosed over. Subsequent disassembly of the engine revealed that the number 3 cylinder exhaust valve had separated at the neck just beneath the base of the valve head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8274C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2349
- Airframe hours
- 2,573
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcbride, Edward U.
- Registered owner
- Mcbride, Edward U.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- 59S · Vancouver, WA
- Destination
- 59S
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 72 in this make and model · 391 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 17 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TTD, 4 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.