- Date
- February 11, 1987, 21:15 local (Feb 12, 1987, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9451WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870211005439A
- Case key
- 13733
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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
According to the plt, at aprx 1800 feet 'the engine abruptly quit with no runon or sputter' following takeoff from rwy 18 at Oshkosh, WI. The plt stated that he banked the acft back to the airport, but the aileron controls became jammed or 'frozen'. According to the plt, he flared the acft in a landing configuration and the acft struck a fence and posts, at which time the aileron controls 'broke free.' The acft came to rest aprx 50 yards east of the taxiway for rwy 18. An engine run-up was performed and no defects were noted. No restrictions in the flight control cables were detected and the autopilot roll servo bench tested satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9451W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-11170
- Airframe hours
- 2,065
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- G.A.A. Oil Company, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gaa Oil Company Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1986 · 84 hours before
- Destination
- WI10 · Westosha, WI
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Field
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 593 total · 100 in this make and model · 506 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 1 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.