- Date
- February 16, 1978
- Place
- Pewaukee, WI · PEWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1394TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780216006749A
- Case key
- 143381
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1060 78/2/16 PEWAUKEE,WI PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 5000 TIME - 0930 N1394T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITOL DRIVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MILWAUKEE,WI LOWER LAKE,CA NORTH PLATTE,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE OIL QUICK DRAIN VALVE OPENED DURING GEAR RETRACTION.ENGINE OIL DRAINED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1394T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capitol Drive
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1394T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW97FA044Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportFort Worth, TXthe pilots' continued descent of the aircraft below decision height. Factors contributing to the accident were the fog, the dark night illumination, one of the pilot's impairment due to use of marihuana, and both pilots' fatigue.NTSB FTW95LA265Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDenton, TXInadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), and the resultant loss of directional control. A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of brake controls for the right seat occupant.