Troy PIETENPOL N6286A

Summary

On 26 July 1999 at about 12:30 local time, a Troy PIETENPOL registered N6286A was involved in an accident near Collins, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 July 1999 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Collins, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

41.2199, -82.4691

Aircraft

Troy PIETENPOL

Registration

N6286A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Valley City → Bowling Green

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC99LA184

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 airplane was in cruise flight approximately 2,000 feet mean sea level. The engine lost all power, and the pilot made a forced landing to a soybean field. The pilot stated that examination of the wreckage revealed four bolts, which secured the propeller, were sheared. The respective four nuts and propeller were not recovered. The pilot believed that one bolt sheared, and a subsequent vibration caused the remaining bolts to shear. On this particular airplane, the propeller acted as a flywheel. The absence of a flywheel would cause the engine to stop.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.