Piper PA-28-180 N7750N

Summary

On 20 June 1985 at about 17:35 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7750N was involved in an accident near Orleans, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 June 1985 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Orleans, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

38.6600, -86.4497

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7750N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cincinnati → St.louis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FEX03

1 person was seriously 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

DURING FLT, THE PLT NOTED THAT THE ENG RPM DROPPED FROM 2500 TO 2000. HE COULD NOT RESTORE THE RPM. HE THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENG COMPARTMENT & THE ENG SEIZED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING AN EMERG LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE #3 ROD, PN 74502-S, WAS BROKEN, BENT & WEDGED BETWEEN THE #4 ROD & ENG CASE. THE #3 BEARING SURFACE ON THE CRANKSHAFT WAS GALLED & BOTH ROD BOLTS ON THE #3 CONNECTING ROD WERE BROKEN. ALSO, THE #2 & #4 CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS, PN 72218, HAD SPUN. METAL PARTICALS WERE FOUND THRU-OUT THE ENG. THERE WAS STILL 5-1/2 QTS OF OIL IN THE ENG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.