- Date
- October 10, 1987, 14:27 local (18:27 UTC)
- Place
- Dares Beach, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55936Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871010059379A
- Case key
- 11386
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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 stated that after climbing about 2000' & proceeding aprx 3 to 4 mi out over the chesapeake bay, the oil temp began to rise & the oil pressure decreased. He turned toward land, but the eng lost power. Subsequently, he was forced to land in a swampy area near the Beach. The eng was damaged by impact & fire. An exam revealed the #3 connecting rod had failed & punctured a hole in the eng case. No specific reason was found for the initial loss of oil pressure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55936
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7335315
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Darling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987
- Departed
- 2W6 · St Mary'S Cty, MD
- Destination
- 0W7 · Chestertown, MD
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 428 total · 12 in this make and model · 311 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NHK, 15 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.