# Accident 19900610019349A: Piper PA32300, Lake Havasu, AZ, June 10, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1990, 16:30 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu, AZ
- Airport: Lake Havasu City New Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7799° N, 114.5900° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7799&lon=-114.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3AH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3AH-1990-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900610019349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST OIL PRESSURE ON CLIMBOUT. LOOSE B NUT AT OIL COOLER. ENGINES SEIZED. STALLED. PILOT DIDNT SECURE ON OIL CHANGE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX90FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA213), Jun 10, 1990: Piper PA-32-300 (N3AH), Havasu Landing, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY SECURE AN OIL SUPPLY LINE B-NUT FITTING AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, WHICH ALLOWED THE OIL LINE TO BECOME DISCONNECTED AND LED TO OIL EXHAUSTION AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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