- Date
- June 11, 1986, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- St.Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8495PPiper PA-24-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860611023769A
- Case key
- 31652
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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
A forced ldg was made after the eng failed while cruising at 8000 ft. an exam of the eng revealed that the top of the crankcase was cracked & a hole was in the top of the case at the no. 2 cylinder. The bottom of the cap of the no. 2 connecting rod had broken off & the rod was protruding through the hole in the case. When the rod failed, eng oil sprayed over the windshield obscuring the plt's forward vision. The acft was a 1964 model & according to records, the eng had never been removed from the acft or overhauled during the 22 year period since new. Total time on the acft and eng was 1446 hours. The owner/plt stated that he felt the eng should have 'gotten 1600 hrs or more, instead of 1446' before any failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8495P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26-75
- Airframe hours
- 1,446
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1A, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Backus Cadillac Pontiac
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1985 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Bch, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SGJ · St. Augustine, runway 20, 2,530 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 847 total · 660 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 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.