- Date
- July 13, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kenneth City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N225NYPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820713028679A
- Case key
- 71251
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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
While cruising the aircraft oil pressure dropped and smoke entered the cockpit, so made a forced landing in a small field. The aircraft hit a stump and nosed over. An investigation revealed a broken oil line to a pressure gauge and oil leaked on a hot exhaust pipe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N225NY
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2266
- Airframe hours
- 2,612
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Merrifield
- Registered owner
- Thomas Merrifield
- Departed
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,943 total · 490 in this make and model · 1,873 as pilot in command · 191 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 198 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N225NY · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.