Piper PA-28-140 N8828N

Summary

On 23 September 2002 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N8828N was involved in an accident near Milton, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 September 2002 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Milton, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Milton Peter Prince Field (2R4)

Coordinates

30.6314, -86.9992

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N8828N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monroeville → Milton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL02FA175

1 person died.

A sheared mixture cable which resulted in a loss of engine power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After returning to the airport following a successful cross country flight the student did a touch and go. Shortly after the touch and go a flight instructor who had departed the airport in another airplane heard the student pilot state on the radio frequency that he was having engine trouble. The flight instructor asked the student pilot's position, then advised the student pilot to maintain glide airspeed and turn toward the airport. The flight instructor heard the student pilot state over the radio that he could not make it to the airport and was going into trees. The wreckage was found approximately 1,700 feet west southwest of the approach end of runway 36 in a wooded residential area. Examination of the airplane found the mixture control separated at or near the mounting bracket, adjacent to the carburetor. The inner cable strands were worn; the outer cable sleeve was corroded. Visual examination of the broken wire ends with the aid of an optical microscope revealed that all of the wires had severe wear, and that most were worn completely through before the final fracture.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.