Plane Crash List

Cessna 172K N84352

12 September 1987 · Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 September 1987 at about 18:10 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N84352, operated by Alan Wulff, was involved in an accident near Jefferson, Wisconsin, 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.

The record

Date
at 18:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates
43.0010, -88.8010
Aircraft
Cessna 172K
Registration
N84352
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Alan Wulff
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Albert Lea → Delavan
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI87LA211

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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 AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE ON A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN ALFALFA FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE POLE AND FENCE AT THE END OF THE FIELD. THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN EXHAUST VALVE WHICH SEPARATED AND ENTERED THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SEVERELY DAMAGING THE PISTON AND CYLINDER HEAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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