- Date
- May 4, 1986, 18:19 local (22:19 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1373PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860504015429A
- Case key
- 13256
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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 developed a small oil leak during a x-country flt. The plt reduced power to idle to conserve oil even though the oil pressure was still in the normal range. During the descent the acfts airspeed was not maintained and the acft contacted the ground in a steep nose down attitude after stalling with the power still retarded to idle. Investigation revealed that the oil leak was not sufficient to interfere with normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1373P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-423
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Buzo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,824 total · 349 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 17 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 6 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.