Piper PA-32-260 N5541J

Summary

On 24 August 1984 at about 10:30 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N5541J was involved in an accident near Woodstock, Illinois, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1984 at 10:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodstock, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lake-In-the-Hills (3CK)

Coordinates

42.3106, -88.4293

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N5541J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crystal Lake → Fort Frances

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI84LA359

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 COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING. THE WX WAS VMC & NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING THE FORCED LANDING IN A FARM FIELD THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE NOSE GEAR BENT. THE LEFT WING WAS ALSO SUBSTANTIALLYDAMAGED. THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT & THE OIL FILTER WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN FINE CHIPS OF ALUMINUM. THE OIL PUMP APPEARED TO BE OPERABLE. ALL SIX CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS WERE HEAT SCORCHED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT AN ALT OF 3000 FT MSL THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. HE SAID HE HEADED BACK TO ARPT OF ORIGIN BUT EN ROUTE THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.