- Date
- November 2, 1984, 18:35 local (Nov 3, 1984, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44095Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841102061029A
- Case key
- 33882
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during a forced landing, while on a dual instructional flt. The CFI said after the climb tocruise the eng began to slow dwn. The CFI took control of the acft to return to arpt of departure. He said the vibrationwas excessive as the eng continued to lose RPM. The eng was shut dwn after the acft had descended from 3500 to 700 ft AGL. The CFI said as the turn to final was made it was apparent that they would land short of the rwy. The acft was landed in an open field but impacted trees during the rollout. Post acc exam showed that the oil lines were the originalequipment. The acft service manual states that the oil lines should be replaced as required, but no later than 1000 hrs. The acft log lists 5 annuals and one 100 hr insp completed since the acft accumulated 1000 operational hrs. The acft oilcooler's inlet oil line failed during the transition from climb to cruise flt. The failure resulted in loss of the eng'soil supply and subsequent eng failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44095
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287415581
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul G. Peter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1984 · 105 hours before
- Airport
- SGF · Springfield Reg.
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 31,300 total · 450 in this make and model · 110 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.