# Accident 20150311002739A: Beech B19, Osage Beach, MO, March 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2015, 12:45 local time
- Place: Osage Beach, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1106° N, 92.6806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1106&lon=-92.6806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N774TA-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 375 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150311002739A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 32 AT GRAND GLAIZE AIRPORT.  UPON REACHING 2,800 FEET MSL, THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS, UNABLE TO GLIDE TO SHORE, AND DITCHED IN THE LAKE.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN A HANGAR, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENGINE'S OIL FILLER/DIPSTICK WAS NOT IN THE FILLER TUBE OR ANYWHERE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  MORE THAN FIVE GALLONS OF WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE ENGINE WITH MINIMAL OIL (LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY THREE TABLESPOONS) FOUND.  THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER CREATED COMPRESSION AND ALL FOUR LOWER SPARK PLUGS APPEARED NORMAL.

## 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 CEN15LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA172), Mar 11, 2015: Beech B19 (N774TA), Osage Beach, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 4 piston wrist pin plug and the subsequent entry of its metal shavings into the oil system, which clogged the oil passages and caused the engine to seize. Contributing to the…

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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