- Date
- February 20, 1993, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55737Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930220003049A
- Case key
- 33229
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Probable cause
The rupture of the oil cooler line at the adel clamp for undetermined reasons, resulting in a loss of engine oil, and a subsequent engine seizure.
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
The private pilot was in cruise flight in visual meteorological conditions at 6,500 feet MSL when the airplane experienced a loss of engine oil, and a subsequent engine seizure. The pilot contacted daytona approach control, declared an emergency, and conducted a forced landing into the trees. Examination of the engine assembly and accessories revealed the oil cooler line at the adel clamp had failed for undetermined reasons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55737
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325472
- Airframe hours
- 6,763
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miglionico, Eugene E.
- Registered owner
- Miglionico, Eugene E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1992 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- SAV · Savanna, GA
- Destination
- SFB · Sanford, 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,035 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,035 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 10 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.