# Accident 20041124032899A: Amtr TAILWINDW8, Davey, NE, November 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Davey, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6178° N, 96.9247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6178&lon=-96.9247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spaulding Albert Lee TAILWIND W-8 (registry code 9790849, https://openairdocs.org/model/spaulding-albert-lee-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TAILWINDW8
- Reported engine: LYC O290
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,258 total, 618 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041124032899A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI05CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA036), Nov 24, 2004: Spaulding Tailwind W-8 (N191AS), Davey, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the loss of oil pressure as a result of the pilot's failure to properly install the oil line to the oil cooler. A factor was the rough terrain.

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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