19790417022979I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R200 · Oceanside, CA · April 17, 1979

Date
April 17, 1979 · 14:50 local
Place
Oceanside, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N44941
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zg engine lost power, prop overspeeded, then engine seized. Oil cooler had broken away, pumped oil overboard.

As the FAA filed it

ZG ENGINE LOST POWER, PROP OVERSPEEDED, THEN ENGINE SEIZED. OIL COOLER HAD BROKEN AWAY, PUMPED OIL OVERBOARD.