Piper PA32R N750R
12 March 2019 · Waterloo, Illinois, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 12 March 2019 at about 19:42 local time, a Piper PA32R registered N750R was involved in an accident near Waterloo, Illinois, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Waterloo, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- St Louis Downtown (CPS)
- Coordinates
- 38.3628, -90.1003
- Aircraft
- Piper PA32R
- Registration
- N750R
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1976
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mobile → Cahokia
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN19LA098
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to a connecting rod failure for reasons that could not be determined due to secondary mechanical damage, which resulted in a subsequent forced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he heard a "horrible noise" and that the engine "immediately seized" about 10 minutes from the destination airport. Oil covered the windshield and obstructed his forward field of view. He executed a forced landing to a road by holding the airplane in a right crab so that he could see out of the left side window. The airplane came to rest inverted in the grass adjacent to the road and sustained damage to the fuselage and wings. A postaccident engine examination revealed that the No. 4 and No. 6 connecting rods had fractured and separated from the crankshaft. Metallurgical examination was unable to determine the source of the initial failure due to secondary mechanical damage. The intact fracture surfaces that were available for examination exhibited features consistent with overstress.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2019 | Piper PA32R | Atmautluak, Alaska, United States | Yute Commuter Service | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2019 | Piper PA32R | Flippin, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 2019 | Piper PA32R | Paducah, Kentucky, United States | Cloud Hugger Transportation Llc | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Feb 2019 | Piper PA32R | Goshen, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Feb 2019 | Piper PA32R | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Sound Aviation | Serious injuries | - |
| 11 Nov 2019 | Piper PA32R | Goodnews Bay, Alaska, United States | Paklook Air Inc | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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