- Date
- May 16, 1982, 12:47 local (19:47 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8089NPiper PA-28-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516016069A
- Case key
- 72914
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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
During flight at about 1500 ft, the engine suddenly lost power and the propeller stopped turning. The pilot attempted a restart, but the starter would not turn the propeller. The pilot maneuvered to make a forced landing at the Van Nuys airport. The aircraft crash landed between runways 16L and 16R while it was still in a turn. While recovering the aircraft, a hole was found in the top right side of the engine. A disassemble and inspection of the engine revealed the number two connecting rod, pn 642130, had failed from fatigue due to partial surface decarburization.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8089N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7921058
- Airframe hours
- 635
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- California Aviation
- Registered owner
- Fileen Morgan
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- PTV · Porterville, CA
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16, 8,000 × 0 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 1 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.