- Date
- March 6, 1984, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Tobyhanna, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19WABritten-Norman BN-2A-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840306007019A
- Case key
- 35511
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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 acft made a precautionary landing on a highway after both engines lost oil pressure. The plt feathered the right propeller because it gave abnormal indications before the left engine. The left engine was still operating at touchdown post accident investigation revealed no discrepancies with either engine except an inoperative oil pressage gauge. Sincethe propeller operated through its full range it was determined that there was oil pressure in the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19WA
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN-2A-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 524
- Airframe hours
- 6,007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4C5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Silver Kriss Service, Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- AVP · Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Destination
- Reading, PA
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,486 total · 148 in this make and model · 1,394 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.