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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr TAILWIND W-8 · Davey, NE · November 24, 2004

Date
November 24, 2004 · 12:00 local
Place
Davey, NE
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N191AS
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI05CA036
Reported as
Amtr TAILWINDW8
Reported engine
Lycoming O290
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,258 total618 in this make and model15 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.

(-23) N191AS, an privacy data omitted tailwind W-8, lost RPM and oil pressure during cruise flight. The pilot had departed crete municipal airport for a local flight when the aircraft lost RPM and oil pressure. He landed in a field, and the main landing gear collapsed on roll out due to rising terrain. The pilot, the sole occupant, was uninjured. Investigation by the pilot-builder disclosed that the oil hose from the engine to the oil cooler had become disconnected at the oil cooler end, and the oil was lost.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N191AS, AN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAILWIND W-8, LOST RPM AND OIL PRESSURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED CRETE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST RPM AND OIL PRESSURE. HE LANDED IN A FIELD, AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT DUE TO RISING TERRAIN. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOT-BUILDER DISCLOSED THAT THE OIL HOSE FROM THE ENGINE TO THE OIL COOLER HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED AT THE OIL COOLER END, AND THE OIL WAS LOST.

NTSB investigation

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