ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222894
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 March 2019 |
| Time: | 14:42 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N750R |
| MSN: | 32R-7780067 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5950 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monroe County NE of Waterloo, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mobile Downtown Airport, AL (BFM/KBFM) |
| Saint Louis-Bi-State Parks Airport, MO (CPS/KCPS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he heard a "horrible noise" and that the engine "immediately seized" about 10 minutes from the destination airport. Oil covered the windshield and obstructed his forward field of view. He executed a forced landing to a road by holding the airplane in a right crab so that he could see out of the left side window. The airplane came to rest inverted in the grass adjacent to the road and sustained damage to the fuselage and wings.
A postaccident engine examination revealed that the No. 4 and No. 6 connecting rods had fractured and separated from the crankshaft. Metallurgical examination was unable to determine the source of the initial failure due to secondary mechanical damage. The intact fracture surfaces that were available for examination exhibited features consistent with overstress.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power due to a connecting rod failure for reasons that could not be determined due to secondary mechanical damage, which resulted in a subsequent forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N750R
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=750R
NTSB CEN19LA098
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2019 20:59 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Aug-2019 13:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2021 18:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 29-Mar-2021 19:05 | harro | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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