- Date
- October 8, 1988, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Schaumburg, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4608RPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881008045829A
- Case key
- 14234
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to oil starvation and the pilot's misjudged emergency landing, during which the aircraft collided with trees and a swimming pool, before coming to rest on the ground and a chain link fence.
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
While cruising at 1900' MSL, aprx 15 mi north of the departure arpt, the plt noted a gradual decrease in eng RPM. He applied carb heat & turned back toward the arpt, but the eng continued to lose power. Subsequently, the acft hit trees & crashed as the plt was attempting to land on a street. A fire erupted in the eng compartment after the plane crashed. An exam of the eng revealed a connecting rod had failed & punctured a hole in the eng, allowing oil to be ported into the eng compartment. There was evidence that the rod had failed from lack of lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4608R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21357
- Airframe hours
- 2,629
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brezina, John C.
- Registered owner
- Brezina, John C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1988 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- 06C · Schaumburg, IL
- Destination
- WI47 · Washington Is, WI
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 200 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 10 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.