Piper PA28 accident near Columbia, IL
On July 28, 2018, a Piper PA28 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Columbia, IL. 3 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 28, 2018
- Place
- Columbia, IL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.462°N, 90.229°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180729X14602
Official records · CEN18LA299
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
***This report was modified on September 3, 2020. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.*** On July 28, 2018, about 1225 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140 airplane, N624FL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Columbia, Illinois. The pilot and two passengers were seriously injured, and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. According to information obtained by the responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the airplane departed runway 3 at Sackman Field (H49) and was en route to Alton, Illinois. Witnesses told the FAA they observed the airplane depart the airport and climb at a shallower than normal attitude. The airplane appeared to level off as it continued away from the airport until it contacted transmission lines about 1/2 mile from the departure end of the runway. The FAA inspectors postaccident examination of the airframe did not find any anomalies which would have precluded normal operation. An examination of the engine conducted by the FAA inspector found fouled sparkplugs in cylinder No. 2 and a compression check of all the cylinders found low compression on each. (The No. 1 cylinder compression was 50 psi, the No. 2 cylinder compression was 19 psi, the No. 3 cylinder compression was 52 psi, and the No. 4 cylinder compression was 50 psi.) A borescope and visual inspection of the No. 2 cylinder did not detect the reason for its low compression. Lycoming Service Instruction 1191A states
Probable cause
The airplane's inability to climb due to reduced engine power as a result of insufficient compression in all cylinders and fouled spark plugs in the No. 2 cylinder while operating near its maximum gross weight.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
