- Date
- June 7, 1992, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22FDSiai-Marchetti SF260B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920607025649A
- Case key
- 18361
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power as the result of the failure of the engine oil pump. Factors were non compliance with a service bulletin, the lack of suitable terrain, and inadvertent stall.
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
An italian built military trainer experienced a catastrophic engine failure during a demonstration flight for a prospective buyer. The engine failure was the result of the failure of the engine oil pump shaft. While attempting a forced landing to a two lane highway, a high rate of descent developed during an inadvertent stall and the airplane impacted an embankment on the shoulder of the road, exploded and burned. A 1975 service bulletin recommended replacement of the failed shaft with an improved shaft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22FD
- Reported as
- Siai-Marchetti SF260B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17-01
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Homer F. Woodard
- Registered owner
- Homer F. Woodard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- T67 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- T67
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 40 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.