- Date
- August 2, 1983, 11:57 local (15:57 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42787Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802038159A
- Case key
- 30922
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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 flt the eng started vibrating & the CFI noted zero oil pressure. The eng failed. The acft sustained substantial damage during the forced landing. Exam of the oil line, P/N63901-49, revealed that it was frayed & broken allowing oil to be pumped from the system. The acft was annualed on 6/6/83, about 11 flt hrs prior to the eng failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42787
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-741-5400
- Airframe hours
- 1,371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Lumert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 27, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · Palm Beach, 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,082 total · 123 in this make and model · 240 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 15 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.