Piper PA-32-260 N321HF

Summary

On 16 December 1983 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N321HF was involved in an accident near Sikeston, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 December 1983 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

36.8799, -89.5800

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N321HF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kansas City → Jacksonville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84LA038

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT THE ENGINE POPPED AND QUIT. THE PLT APPROACHED A ROAD TO LAND BUT SAW A VEHICLE DURING APPROACH AND VEERED OFF INTO A FIELD. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN CRANKSHAFT WHICH HAD FAILED AT THE NUMBER 4 BEARING JOURNAL CHEEK. THE SHAFT EXHIBITED SEVERAL GOUGES EXTENDING THROUGH ABOUT 90 DEGREES OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE. THE FATIGUE INITIATION AREA APPEARED TO BE LOCATED IN ONE OF THESE GOUGES. THERE WAS NO LOG BOOK ENTRY TO INDICATE A PREVIOUS SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE BUT NUMEROUS CYLINDER CHANGES OVER THE ENGINE LIFE WERE NOTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.