- Date
- July 5, 1983, 10:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mandeville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40990Piper PA28-151
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830705028509A
- Case key
- 20965
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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
On a cross country flight in normal cruise at 2000 ft AGL the engine quit. The pilot made a forced landing to a road. During landing roll the left wing struck a vehicle. The acft then slid into a ditch. Post accident investigation revealed that an oil line failed allowing the oil to be lost from the lubricating system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40990
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415127
- Airframe hours
- 1,565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Stienkamp & L. Keating
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 29, 1982
- Departed
- GR0 · Slidell, LA
- Destination
- ARA · New Iberia, LA
- 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 62 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.