Piper PA-28-160 N5875W
8 December 1988 · Crete, Nebraska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 8 December 1988 at about 15:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-160 registered N5875W was involved in an accident near Crete, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Crete, Nebraska, United States
- Coordinates
- 40.6196, -96.9504
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-160
- Registration
- N5875W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Superior
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC89LA035
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 PVT PILOT SAID SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE COUGHED, SPUTTERED, THEN QUIT. AN EMERGENCY LDG WAS ATTEMPTED ON A FARM FIELD WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT, SERIOUS INJURY TO THE PAX AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAGNETO DRIVE GEARS. A MANUFACTURER'S SERVICE BULLETIN THAT SPECIFIED REPLACEMENT OF THE NYLON DRIVE GEAR WITH A SINTERED IRON GEAR AT 2000 HOURS, OR THE FIRST OVERHAUL, HAD NOT BEEN COMPILED WITH. ENGINE RUNUP TESTS AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN ON THE RIGHT MAGNETO OR WHEN BOTH MAGNETOES WERE SELECTED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 1988 | Piper PA-28-140 | Lehighton, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 1988 | Piper PA-28 | Troutdale, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jun 1988 | Piper PA-28-181 | Reedville, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1988 | Piper PA-28-160 | Renton, Washington, United States | Larry Dillon | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jun 1988 | Piper PA-28-180 | Madeira Beach, Florida, United States | Parras, GUY | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Jan 1988 | Piper PA-28-235 | Littlefield, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 1988 | Cessna 188 | York, Nebraska, United States | Jerome D. Bair | No injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 1988 | Beechcraft C23 | Crete, Nebraska, United States | Richard L. Sullivan | No injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 1988 | Grumman G-164A | Hebron, Nebraska, United States | Davenport Aviation, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 1988 | Aerospatiale TB-20 | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | Walker, Karl C. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Sep 1988 | Piper PA-12 | Bertrand, Nebraska, United States | Ray's Aircraft Repair Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 1988 | Piper PA-17 | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | Bonacci Flying Service, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |