- Date
- November 16, 1982, 08:21 local (16:21 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56351Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821116058599A
- Case key
- 71073
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 eng quit & the plt ditched in the ocean near the beach. The #4 connecting rod shank was found broken at the crankpin bearing housing. One rod bolt head was broken off & the bolt grip was necked down. The nut on this bolt was still on the bolt & flush with the threaded end of the bolt. The other bolt & nut were still attached to the crankpin bearing housing halves with approximately three threads showing beyond the nut. The following torque readings were noted on the conrod bolts: #1 rod upper & lower bolts - 660 inch pounds; #2 rod upper bolt - 250 inch pounds; #2 rod lower bolt - 300 inch pounds; #3 rod upper & lower bolts - 0 inch pounds. Required torque on these bolts is 480 inch pounds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56351
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287325614
- Airframe hours
- 5,417
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Joel Lambert Baker
- Registered owner
- Joel Lambert Baker
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- ITO · Gen. Lyman Fiel, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HNL · Honolulu Intl. Airport, runway 26L, 12,000 × 200 ft
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 228 in this make and model · 199 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.