- Date
- September 12, 1985, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- East Swanzey, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42722Piper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850912044709A
- Case key
- 35963
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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 was preflighted & determined to have 10 qts of oil in the eng. While climbing thru about 1000 ft MSL after takeoff, the propeller RPM began rising to the redline. The plt reduced power & proceeded to make an emerg landing. During a turn toward the arpt, the eng stopped operating. Subsequently, the acft collided with trees & crashed as the plt was attempting to land in an open field about 4 mi from the arpt. A post crash exam disclosed a ruptured oil hose, pn 63901-26, that led from the oil pump to the oil cooler. The hose had a life expectancy of 8 yrs & had been manufactured in 1974. No record was found to indicate the hose had been replaced since its original installation on the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42722
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21-7400039
- Airframe hours
- 2,308
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jared J. Welsh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- EEN · Keene, NH
- Destination
- BAF · Westfield, MA
- Airport
- EEN · Dillant-Hopkins, runway 20, 6,502 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 400 in this make and model · 2,535 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.