- Date
- September 14, 1986, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeport, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5146KRyan-Navion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860914049799A
- Case key
- 30429
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Lubricating system,oil gasket - looseCause
Fluid,oil - leakCause
Engine assembly - smoke
Forced landing
Precautionary landing - performed
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The rocker box cover on the #6 cylinder had the top and bottom screws loose and the center screw missing, causing oil to leak from the bottom of the rocker box cover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5146K
- Reported as
- Ryan-Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-2046
- Airframe hours
- 4,488
- Engine
- Continental E225 SERIES, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel R.Zaborny
- Registered owner
- Daniel R. Zaborny
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1985
- Departed
- NK03 · Durhamville, NY
- Destination
- Cicero, NY
N5146KRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Ryan NAVIONAirframe modelRyan NAVIONEngine modelContinental E225 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 777 total · 204 in this make and model · 647 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.