- Date
- September 5, 1988, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesboro, MS
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43046Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880905036869A
- Case key
- 32234
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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 at 5500 ft, the plt smelled burning oil. Moments later, oil press was lost, the prop went into high RPM & the tach zoomed over redline. A loud report was heard & all power was lost. A forced ldg was attempted in the rolling country but the acft struck a tree & fence. An exam of the eng revealed the no. 6 connecting rod cap failed followed by a progressive and massive internal failure of the eng due to oil starvation. Further exam revealed the starvation was due to a broken oil supply hose which runs from the oil cooler to the accessory drive section of the eng. The hose was 12 yrs old & had accumulated 802 hrs since being installed in 1978. The recommended replacement time for the hose is 1000 hrs. The hose is covered by a fire insulation sleeve & cannot be readily seen without disconnecting the hose, removing it from the acft & withdrawing it from the sleeve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43046
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7440113
- Airframe hours
- 3,487
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Mcduffie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1988 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- M09 · Yazoo City, MS
- Destination
- 54J · Defuniak Sprgs, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 828 total · 86 in this make and model · 42 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEI, 47 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.