Piper PA-28-181 N597JG

Summary

On 19 May 2015 at about 20:50 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N597JG was involved in an accident near Corryton, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 May 2015 at 20:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Corryton, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

36.0000, -83.0000

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N597JG

Category

Airplane

Year built

1997

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Knoxville → Knoxville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA15LA217

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the No. 4 engine cylinder due to fatigue, resulting in a catastrophic failure of the engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a training flight, the student and flight instructor heard a "loud bang" from the engine area, accompanied by engine roughness and reduced power. The flight instructor performed a forced landing to a field, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall. An examination of the engine revealed the No. 4 cylinder head was fractured outboard of the barrel thread. Further examination revealed that the cylinder fractured due to fatigue that initiated at the interior of the head near the intake valve. The serial number for the cylinder was outside the range of those affected by an airworthiness directive requiring inspection and/or replacement of certain cylinders.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.