# Accident 20040725024229A: Piper PA32RT300, Ontario, CA, July 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2004, 11:50 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0550° N, 117.5650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0550&lon=-117.5650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5GC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,038 total, 600 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040725024229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE NOTICED WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TAKEOFF FROM CABLE AIRPORT (CCB), THE ENGINE OIL TEMP APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE HIGH. HE ALSO STATED THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. HE NOTICED THAT THIS TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAD NOT LOWERED AFTER ASSUMING LEVEL FLIGHT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MINUTES OF LEVEL FLYING HE DECIDED TO DESCEND TO CHINO AIRPORT (CNO). WHILE DESCENDING HE NOTICED THE OIL TEMP STILL HAD NOT DROPPED AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO CABLE AIRPORT (CCB). HE THEN HEARD TWO LOUD NOISES AND NOTICED OIL STREAKING ON HIS WINDSHIELD. THE ENGINE THEN STOPPED ENTIRELY. HE ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO ONTARIO AIRPORT (ONT). NOT HAVING ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY HE LANDED IN A FIELD. NO INJURIES, NO FIRE, WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX04LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA280), Jul 25, 2004: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N5GC), Ontario, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a catastrophic engine failure due to the overheating of a connecting rod bearing, and the resulting failure of the rod, for undetermined reasons.

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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