Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-28-180 N7592W

26 July 1986 · Fargo, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 July 1986 at about 19:12 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7592W was involved in an accident near Fargo, North Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:12
Classification
Accident
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Hector Field (FAR)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-180
Registration
N7592W
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Little Falls → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN86LA209

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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 PLT REPORTS THAT THE FLT WAS DESCENDING THROUGH 7,000 FT APPROACHING THE DEST ARPT WHEN THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOST PWR. THE FLT CONTINUED TOWARD TO THE ARPT BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY AND LANDED ABOUT 1/4 MI SHORT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE #3 CYL EXH VALVE WAS BROKEN. SOME PIECES OF THE BROKEN VALVE WERE NOT FOUND DURING THE EXAMINATION AND THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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