38.3731° N, 81.5932° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 21, 1987 · 13:30 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Yeager
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6897Q
Reported as
Piper PA60700P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540U2A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total800 in this make and model50 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.
Left engine lost oil pressure en route. Diverted with engine shutdown. Found oil scavenge pump had failed.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE EN ROUTE. DIVERTED WITH ENGINE SHUTDOWN. FOUND OIL SCAVENGE PUMP HAD FAILED.