- Date
- July 6, 1986, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Seven Valleys, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7562WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30193
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Maintenance - inadequateCause
Engine assembly,crankcase - leakCause
Fluid,oil - exhaustionCause
Engine assembly - failure,totalCause
Lubricating system,oil magnetic plug - separationCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Object - utility pole
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Aircraft departed york airport and crashed 5 min later. The engine sump oil quick drain had disconnected and was not found. Engine oil was exhausted and the engine seized. A tree and utility pole were found damaged. The ramp and runway at york airport did not show signs of oil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7562W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1454
- Airframe hours
- 1,973
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. Parker, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- THV · York, PA
- Destination
- 26N · Ocean City, NJ
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 227 total · 190 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 21 nm away