- Date
- May 2, 1982, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomsburg, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4540KRayan NAV-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820502021219A
- Case key
- 69986
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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
After takeoff the pilot smelled smoke and observed the oil pressure drop to 20 PSI. When the oil pressure continued to drop the pilot decided to land at Bloomsburg airport, approximately 3 miles away. After landing the pilot taxied off the runway and the aircraft burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4540K
- Reported as
- Rayan NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1540
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental E-225-4, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clyde Yohey
- Registered owner
- Clyde Yohey
- Departed
- N13 · Bloomsburg, PA
- Destination
- N13 · Bloomsburg, PA
- Airport
- N13 · Bloomsburg, runway 8, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.