# NTSB CHI83LA144: Piper PA24-260, Mansfield, OH, March 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 17, 1983, 19:47 local (Mar 18, 1983, 00:47 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Coordinates: 40.780979, -82.530487 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7810&lon=-82.5305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12114
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12114/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA144

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - lubricating system,oil hose - improper (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - lubricating system,oil hose - failure,total (cause)
  - fluid,oil - leak (cause)
  - fluid,oil - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuselage,crew compartment - smoke
  - initiated, pilot in command
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING CRUISE FLT AT 8000 FT MSL, THE ENG LOST OIL PRESSURE. THE PLT STATED THAT SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT & SPARKS WERE SEEN IN THE COWLING AREA. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE ENG SEIZED. RADAR VECTORS WERE OBTAIN TO THE CLOSEST ARPT; HOWEVER, THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A LANDING APRX 300 FT SHORT OF THE OVERRUN. OIL STAINS WERE FOUND IN THE LEFT WING ROOT & ON THE BELLY OF THE ACFT. A SMALL HOLE WAS FOUND IN AN OIL HOSE TO THE OIL COOLER. THE OIL HOSE (LOW PRESSURE, TYPE H600) WAS AN IMPROPER PART.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGQYP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24-260
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-4119
- Airframe hours: 2936
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Angie Gene Luciani
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 9, 1982
- Departed: LONDON, ONTARIO
- Destination: NASHVILLE, TN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MFD, Mansfield Lanm, runway 5, 6,795 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,500 total, 45 in this make and model, 2,200 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MFD

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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