- Date
- February 22, 1985, 07:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bentonville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60817Piper PA-601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850222004219A
- Case key
- 21529
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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 contacted livestock, a fence and the gear collapsed during a forced landing following a loss of pwr on the right eng. The plt reported that after he feathered the right eng prop and lowered the gear he noted the aux hydraulic system pressure gage was indicating zero. Post accident inspection disclosed evidence of an oil leak from the left lower section of the right eng. Tests revealed the leak originated from the oil cooler pressure line which failed due to severe corrosion of the wire braid and deformation of the inner cover. Testing of the aux hydraulic pressure pump disclosed the 35 ampere current limiter was blown and 40 amperes were required to drive the pump motor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60817
- Reported as
- Piper PA-601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P075880633
- Airframe hours
- 616
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robson S. Walton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1984 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- H00
- Destination
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- H00 · Bentonville Muni, runway 35, 4,090 × 65 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,232 total · 19 in this make and model · 1,142 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 20 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.