- Date
- July 10, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chandlerville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6952JPiper PA 28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12257
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 acft made a forced landing after losing power at 1500 ft the pilot said the engine ran rough, oil pressure went to zero and the engine stopped. This pilot had been forced to land the same acft 3 days earlier when the engine lost power during takeoff. During that landing roll the acft went into a ditch and damaged the nose gear and propeller. A club mechanic had examined the plane and declared the damage less than substantial. The engine was started and run for 45 minutes and it 'checked out'. Examination after the 2nd accident showed the acft out of oil. It was found that the oil filler neck was broken where it goes into the engine block. The oil had pumped out this broken oil filler tube. There was oil all over the underside of the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6952J
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5052
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macoupin Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1982
- Departed
- RCA · Chandlerville, IL
- Destination
- 5K1 · Palmyra, IL
- Airport
- NONE · Bell
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 149 total · 63 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None