- Date
- January 13, 1982, 23:00 local (Jan 14, 1982, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Watonga, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47442Piper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820113000809A
- Case key
- 72979
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that the engine lost oil pressure and shortly thereafter quit. During the forced landing the pilot veered the aircraft off the highway he had elected to land on due to oncoming traffic. The aircraft sustained substantial damages due to the rolling terrain. An engine teardown inspection revealed numberous metal particles in the oil pan and that the engine had failed due to oil starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47442
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R 7703377
- Airframe hours
- 884
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360T, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Associates Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Dennis Bonner
- Departed
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,223 total · 105 in this make and model · 160 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 330° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 18 °F
- Observed at
- OKC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.