- Date
- December 15, 1990, 07:44 local (12:44 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81562Beech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901215054279A
- Case key
- 32804
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to oil exhaustion for undetermined reasons. This caused the pistons to seize in the cylinders.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before departure, the plt preflighted the acft & performed an eng run-up with no discrepancies noted. After departure while climbing through 5,500 ft, the eng quit. The plt restarted the eng but observed the oil pressure was zero. The eng quit again & he was unable to restart it. During the forced landing in a field, the acft collided with a tree. Exam of the acft revealed oil coating the bottom of the fuselage. The eng compartment was not contaminated. The eng was removed & exam of it revealed that the no's 1,2,5, & 6 pistons scored the cylinder walls. No's 3 & 4 pistons were normal. Due to the damage, no dimensional analysis of the failed pistons & cylinders could be made. The eng driven oil pump was exam & found to be free of failure or malfunction. No determination could be made as to the reasons for the loss of eng oil resulting in the total loss of eng power due to seizure of the no's 1,2,5, & 6 pistons in the cylinders. The acft & eng had accumulated 16.1 hrs since manufacture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81562
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-1535
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Globe Aero Ltd.
- Registered owner
- Euroflight, Inc
- Destination
- BGR · Bangor, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 14,600 total · 200 in this make and model · 12,300 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.