- Date
- December 30, 1982, 18:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lumber City, GA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2805RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821230065289A
- Case key
- 71516
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During flight, the oil pressure began dropping rapidly just after the engine RPM abruptly increased. Minutes later, the RPM decreased and the engine failed. While the pilot was making a forced landing in darkness, the aircraft struck an object just before touching down. An investigation revealed that an oil line to the govenor had failed. The oil line had recently been replaced and the plane had flown only 5 hrs since the repair. The line had failed from fatigue at the forward end which was beveled for a fitting. The line was normally supplied by avco Lycoming as pn 75A69, fabricated from ams 5566 stainless steel. The failed line was made from a low carbon steelalloy. The line failed after only 5 hrs of operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2805R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35292
- Airframe hours
- 3,960
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Palatka Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Thomas M. Stilwell
- Departed
- Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- Palatka, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 24 in this make and model · 273 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 122 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.