# NTSB MKC89LA037: Piper PA-24-250, N8356P, Jacksonville, AR, December 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1988, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, AR
- Coordinates: 34.859363, -92.119529 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8594&lon=-92.1195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34734/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA037

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise
  - maintenance,annual inspection - inadequate, company maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
  - lubricating system,oil line - ruptured (cause)
  - fuselage,cabin - smoke (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet

## Analysis

DURING A LOCAL FAMILARIZATION AND ACCEPTANCE FLIGHT FOR THE NEW ACFT OWNER, SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND OIL PRESSURE WAS LOST. A PRECAUTIONARY EMERGENCY LDG WAS ATTEMPTED ON A SOFT, MUDDY, PLOWED FARM FIELD, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN OIL COOLER INLET LINE HAD RUPTURED AND HAD DRIPPED OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, CAUSING SMOKE AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE LINE WAS WRAPPED WITH ASBESTOS AND HAD BECOME VERY BRITTLE. THE OIL LINE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND HAD A TOTAL TIME OF 2872 HOURS. THE ACFT HAD JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND HAD FLOWN LESS THEN ONE HOUR SINCE THE INSPECTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8356P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8356P), registered now, S/N 24-3612 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-3612
- Airframe hours: 2872
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1A5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Messer, Maurice O
- Registered owner: Messer, Maurice O
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 9, 1988, 1 hours before
- Departed: 1M1, N. LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Airport: NONE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,003 total, 1 in this make and model, 1,863 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881210064619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881210064619A), Dec 10, 1988: Piper PA24250, Jacksonville, AR, Substantial damage. Smoke in cockpit. Lost oil pressure. Crash landed in a field. Oil cooler inlet line broke. 1 hr on recent annual.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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