19960331005619A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Thief River Fal, MN · March 31, 1996

Date
March 31, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place
Thief River Fal, MN
Airport
Thief River Falls Regional
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5932U
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI96LA121
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
261 total260 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Lost oil pressure on local flight. Crash landed in snow covered field. Oil cooler line failed. Engine seized. (-23) pilot was on a VFR pleasure ride. Aircraft engine oil pressure went to "0", followed thereafter by roughness and total engine shutdown. Pilot landed in a snow covered field. Main landing gear separated from aircraft. Nose gear collapsed. Firewall bent. Aircraft is likely a total loss. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE ON LOCAL FLIGHT. CRASH LANDED IN SNOW COVERED FIELD. OIL COOLER LINE FAILED. ENGINE SEIZED. (-23) PILOT WAS ON A VFR PLEASURE RIDE. AIRCRAFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO "0", FOLLOWED THEREAFTER BY ROUGHNESS AND TOTAL ENGINE SHUTDOWN. PILOT LANDED IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD. MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. FIREWALL BENT. AIRCRAFT IS LIKELY A TOTAL LOSS. NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N5932U · 2

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