- Date
- August 7, 1983, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Normantown, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7272WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830807039369A
- Case key
- 6155
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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
The plt noticed smoke in the cockpit, & soon thereafter observed the oil press gage reading zero. The plt was given radar vectors to the nearest arpt but he was unable to reach it. The acft collided with trees & a powerline during the forced landing. Examination revealed that an oil cooler line had ruptured allowing the eng oil supply to be pumped overboard. The line was found to be in a very brittle condition. There was no evidence of chafing. The last annual was 7/11/83. The ruptured line had 794 hrs time in service & had been installed for almost 7 yrs. The acft mfgr recommends that the lines be replaced every 1,000 hrs. However, the mfgr of the lines give them a 5-YR shelf life.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7272W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1108
- Airframe hours
- 2,381
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce M. Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1983 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- W22 · Woodbridge, VA
- Destination
- FET · Frankfort, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 604 in this make and model · 731 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.