ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299163
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| Date: | Sunday 2 April 2000 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Horizon Aviation Inc. |
| Registration: | N54454 |
| MSN: | 28-7425135 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3350 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E3D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | PINE CITY, Minnesota -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | MORA , MN (KJMR) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane encountered an in-flight loss of engine power and sustained substantial damage on impact with a fence and vegetation during a forced landing in a field. The pilot had minor injury. The passenger was uninjured. The engine's number four cylinder's exhaust valve spring and valve were found failed. The valve spring had a 45-degree fracture approximately 0.75 inches from an end. The valve head was found with approximately a third of its' face fractured off. A section of valve head was found within the cylinder. The valve head's face and head section had indentations. The pilot stated, 'With the lake to our west, a bunch of trees to our north, a house to our south behind us, when the engine quit. I chose to turn 90[degrees] to the east fly under some high tension wires, which I knew I could do safely, to a field on the other side. The field was not very wide, but I felt it was safer for landing without any houses close by. Being 200 to 300 feet above the ground I didn't have the altitude to turn 180[degrees] and land in the field below. I could not get stopped in the narrow field, so consequently we went through the barb wire fence on the east side and hit a clump of bushes with our left wing, which brought us to a stop.'
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to the failure of the number four cylinder's exhaust valve spring and exhaust valve. Contributing to the accident were, the barbwire fence and the clump of high vegetation encountered by the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI00LA103
History of this aircraft
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| 28 February 2020 | N79HA | Highland Rim Aviation LLC | 0 | Maury County Airport (MRC/KMRC), Columbia/Mount Pleasant, TN | |
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| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 03:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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