Piper PA-28-180 N7684J

Summary

On 16 July 1987 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7684J was involved in an accident near Dansville, New York, 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

16 July 1987 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dansville, New York, United States

Coordinates

42.5597, -77.6907

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7684J

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

NYC87LA131

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

ABOUT 5 MIN AFTER TAKING OFF, THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, THEN LOST POWER & WOULD NOT RESTART. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DRG AN EMERG LNDG IN A POTATO FIELD. THE ACFT WAS MOVED BEFORE AVIATION INSPECTORS ARRIVED. NO FUEL WAS FND IN THE FUEL PUMPS, INJECTORS, FUEL STRAINER OR LINES TO THE ENG; HOWEVER, SUFFICIENT FUEL WAS RPRTD TO BE REMAINING IN THE FUEL TANKS. THE PLT HAD WASHED THE ACFT JUST PRIOR TO THE FLT. HE SUGGESTED THE POWER LOSS MAY HAVE BEEN FROM MOISTURE OR CLOGGED FUEL VENTS. NO REASON WAS FND FOR A FUEL SYS CAVITATION AND/OR LOSS OF POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.