Piper PA-32-300 N4010R

Summary

On 23 September 1987 at about 10:33 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N4010R, operated by JAY Reynolds Quality Cars, was involved in an accident near Geneva, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 September 1987 at 10:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Geneva, Florida, United States

Coordinates

28.7306, -81.1103

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N4010R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

JAY Reynolds Quality Cars

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cocoa → Birmingham

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

MIA87FA257

2 people died.

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

FLT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE WHEN THE NUMBER SIX CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT AFTER FAILURE OF THE CONNECTING ROD BEARING. DURING AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING DURING DARKNESS THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THEN CRASHED TO THE GROUND. EXAMINATION REVEALED THE NUMBER SIX CONNECTING ROD BEARING TIN OVERLAY PEELED AWAY FROM THE ALUMINUM BEARING FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. THE ALUMINUM BEARING WAS THEN DAMAGED AND SEPARATED FROM THE ROD. THE CONNECTING ROD THEN OVERHEATED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT WHEN THE ROD BOLTS FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.