- Date
- January 1, 1987, 09:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9022YNorth American T-28C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870101083489A
- Case key
- 25367
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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 plts were practicing lndgs, and were on the 3rd flt after the eng had been overhauled. After takeoff from a tough-&-go, the instructor noticed that the oil temp was high. Soon thereafter, the eng began to run rough, then it seized. Unable to get back to the rwy, he laned in a plowed fld. He said he intended to lnd with the gear retracted, but the acft touched down with the gear extdd, then bounced & nosed ovr. The CFI believed the student may have extdd the gear, just bfr lndg. Inv revealed a catastrophic internal failure of the eng had occurred. There was evidence of an overspeed. A witness rprtd that due to improper instln of the carb throttle arm, the eng went to full pwr, when it was started after overhaul. Rprtdly, it stayed at full pwr for svrl min bfr it could be shut down. A teardown revealed the connecting rods had failed, the cyl skirts were dmgd, 1 piston was destroyed & otrs were dmgd, svrl bearings were worn & overheated, metal chips/contamination fnd in eng & oil sys. Eng had been operd about 7 hrs since overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9022Y
- Reported as
- North American T-28C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 140593
- Airframe hours
- 8,641
- Engine
- Curtis Wright R-1820-86B, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald S. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1986 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- VNY
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,001 × 150 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 18,156 total · 17,801 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 1 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.