40.1224° N, 76.2944° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 24, 1981 · 09:15 local
Place
Lititz, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8153J
Reported as
Piper PA60600
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total600 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.
Pilot noted rise in engine time and drop in oil pressure on rt engine, shutdown. Found crankshaft broken two places
As the FAA filed it
PILOT NOTED RISE IN ENGINE TIME AND DROP IN OIL PRESSURE ON RT ENGINE, SHUTDOWN. FOUND CRANKSHAFT BROKEN TWO PLACES