Accident: Piper PA22
Oct 20, 2018 · Brownstown, IN
NTSB numberERA19LA022Event id20181021X20350
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 1
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Contributing to the outcome was the student pilot's improper decision to conduct a solo cross-country flight at night, which resulted in the airplane being destroyed when it impacted a wooded area that the student thought was an open field.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Piper PA22
- Registration
- N5581Z
- Year built
- 1962
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise Loss of engine power (total)
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Freeman Municipal Airport (SER)9 nm (16 km) north-east
- Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport (BFR)18 nm (33 km) west
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