Piper PA-18-150 N4101E

Summary

On 28 October 1987 at about 00:25 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4101E, operated by Chandler Air Service, was involved in an accident near Casa Grande, Arizona, 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

28 October 1987 at 00:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Casa Grande, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4101E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Chandler Air Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chandler → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88LA027

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

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT, THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING CLIMBS, DESCENTS AND TURNS WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A RISE IN THE TERRAIN. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY EXCEPT FOR THE IDLE SPEED WAS 500 RPM (SLIGHTLY LOW) AND THE IDLE MIXTURE APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY LEAN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.