- Date
- September 3, 1982, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sewanee, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4976SPiper PA-28R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820903043959A
- Case key
- 72600
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Enroute the oil pressure dropped to zero & shortly thereafter the prop seized due to oil starvation. Post exam revealed a crack in the prop governor oil line, P/N76157, at the bend about 1 inch away from the "b" nut attaching the line to the elbow fitting at the forward end of the eng. The two support brackets, as illustrated in the parts manual, were not attached to the stainless steel line allowing the line to vibrate & flex. The eng had been overhauled 75 hrs prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4976S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R35692
- Airframe hours
- 2,372
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce Crouse
- Registered owner
- Bruce Crouse
- Departed
- Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- Decatur, IL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,117 total · 469 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.