- Date
- January 10, 1982, 13:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6995YPiper 23-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820110000709A
- Case key
- 73029
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after takeoff the pilot noticed a loss of oil pressure on both engines and initiated a left turn back to the airport. During landing the aircraft departed the right side of runway 12, collided with, and substantially damaged two Cessna 150'S and destroyed a Piper PA-32. Both engines had 9X5 inch holes on the top of the crankcases and both had two connecting rods that had separated. The engine logbooks revealed that the oil had been changed on 10/16/81 with the equivalent of sae 40 oil. The Lycoming operator's manual, which was with the aircraft records, recommends that sae 20 oil be used for operation at temperatures below 10 degrees f. the temperature at the time of the accident was -15 degrees f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6995Y
- Reported as
- Piper 23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4366
- Airframe hours
- 5,350
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel A Bitton
- Registered owner
- Aztec Parnership
- Departed
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Destination
- Madison, WI
- Airport
- PWK · Palwaukee, runway 12, 4,450 × 50 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,640 total · 382 in this make and model · 1,590 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.