ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376646
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Date: | Friday 26 July 1985 |
Time: | 08:15 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-180 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N32576 |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 4100 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | South Bay, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ENG LOST PWR DURING A SIGHTSEEING FLT AT 1200 FT MSL AND THE PLT SELECTED A DIVIDED HWY FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO THE WEST. BECAUSE HE WAS OVERTAKING A TRUCK ON THE WESTBOUND LANES, THE PLT TRIED TO LAND ON THE MEDIAN STRIP. THE ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRUCK'S WAKE TURBULENCE, THE RIGHT WHEEL HIT HARD AND WAS TORN OFF THE STRUT. THE ACFT VEERED ACROSS THE HWY AND CAME TO REST ON THE NORTH SHOULDER HEADING IN ALMOST THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. A CONNECTING ROD WAS PROTRUDINGTHROUGH THE ENG CASE. THE ROD BOLTS WERE FOUND MISSING.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA85LA219 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA85LA219
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Mar-2024 18:19 |
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