- Date
- May 17, 1987, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Falmouth, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30694Piper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870517013509A
- Case key
- 30650
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 10 min aft TK0F, an oil line from the governor to the prop broke, causing oil to spray over the windshield, obscuring visibility. Shortly thereafter, the eng lost pwr with the prop in shallow pitch. A forced landing was made in trees with the gear and flaps extended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30694
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837230
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Zephyros, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- HYA · Hyannis, MA
- Destination
- NHV · New Haven, CT
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,941 total · 150 in this make and model · 1,839 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.