Piper PA-22-150 N7829D

Summary

On 17 September 1983 at about 23:12 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N7829D was involved in an accident near Jonesboro, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 September 1983 at 23:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Jonesboro, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

South Expressway (9A7)

Coordinates

33.5199, -84.3507

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N7829D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA372

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 ACFT CRASHED DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD BEEN FLYING IN THE LOCAL AREA AND CAME IN TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING THE 2ND TAKEOFF THE ENGINE MISSED. HE LANDED AND DID A MAGNETO CHECK THEN ANOTHER TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED. AT ABOUT 150 FT AGL THE ENGINE LOST 400 RPM AND THEN QUIT. TWO WITNESSES SAID THEY THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BADLY BEFORE THE LAST TAKEOFF THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FLUID DRAINED FROM THE CARBURETOR BOWL AND THE FUEL STRAINER. THE PLT SAID HE HAD A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE DATED 1/83. FAA'S RECORDS BRANCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY REPORTED THAT THEIR MUST RECENT MEDICAL FOR HIM WAS 1973.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.