- Date
- May 11, 1988, 12:57 local (16:57 UTC)
- Place
- Yorktown, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N567MMMooney M-20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880511035879A
- Case key
- 11413
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was returning to the arpt after a 20 minute local flight. About 5 miles from the arpt he noticed the oil pres/temp gages indicated zero even after he checked the circuit breakers-shortly afterward the engine began to lose power and vibrate severely. The plt shut the eng down and landed in a field. Examination of the acft revealed there was oil leakage through a split in the oil gasket located between the oil filter converter plate and its mounting flange. There was failure of the cyl no. 4 connecting rod bearing because of the lack of lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N567MM
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1068
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas A. Gurkin
- Registered owner
- Thomas A Gurkin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1987
- Departed
- PHF · Newport News, VA
- Airport
- PHF · Patrick Henry Intl, runway 20, 6,526 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,570 total · 638 in this make and model · 1,219 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 4 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.