# NTSB NYC86FA176: Piper PA-28-180, N7562W, Seven Valleys, PA, July 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1986, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Seven Valleys, PA
- Coordinates: 39.850975, -76.760917 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8510&lon=-76.7609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86FA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30193/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA176

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb
  - maintenance - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - engine assembly,crankcase - leak (cause)
  - fluid,oil - exhaustion (cause)
  - engine assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - lubricating system,oil magnetic plug - separation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s)
  - object - utility pole
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7562W-1992-11-06), registration cancelled 1992-11-06, S/N 281454 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-1454
- Airframe hours: 1973
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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

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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