- Date
- March 1, 1988, 10:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- Maybrook, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16255Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880301016789A
- Case key
- 36112
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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 Piper PA-28 took off for a local pleasure flight. After takeoff the pilot noticed that the engine was running rough and he had lost his oil pressure. The engine seized and an off-airport landing was made in a snow covered field. Post-crash examination of the aircraft showed the vacuum pump physically missing from the aircraft. The reason for its being missing was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16255
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305214
- Airframe hours
- 4,137
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Quade'S Flight School
- Registered owner
- Quade Flight School, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- MGJ
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
- 38
- 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
- 2,010 total · 456 in this make and model · 1,768 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.