- Date
- August 31, 1985, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Weskan, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6903PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850831064139A
- Case key
- 34020
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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
The plt rptd a high eng oil temperature & low oil pressure while maneuvering over a siesmic operation site in west Kansas. The acft was substantially damaged when it contacted a ditch during a forced landing. Post accident inspection failed to disclose any mechanical failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6903P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2037
- Airframe hours
- 3,003
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
- Destination
- 45V · Cheyenne Wells, CO
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 736 total · 207 in this make and model · 615 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GDL, 21 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.