Piper PA-28-140 N15468

Summary

On 9 August 1987 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N15468 was involved in an accident near Falmouth, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 August 1987 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Falmouth, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

38.7802, -84.3705

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N15468

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87DLQ04

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 PLT, WITH A PAX, HAD BEEN MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT THE LCL APT FOR ABOUT 40 MIN. THE FINAL T.O. WAS PRECEDED BY A FULL STOP LDG. SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF, THE PLT REPTD THAT THE ACFT LOST PWR AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR A TREE AT THE TOP OF A RIDGE LINE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGID HOUSING AT THE ENGINE END OF THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD FRACTURED ALLOWING THE CABLE TO DISPLACE TO THE SIDE RATHER THAN PUSH THE THROTTLE OPEN. ONE END OF THE RIGID HOUSING WAS ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE AND THE OTHER ACTED AS A SLEEVE FOR THE THROTTLE ARM PUSHROD TO THE CARBURETOR THROTTLE CONTROL ARM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.