# NTSB NYC88LA100: Piper PA-28-180, N16255, Maybrook, NY, March 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1988, 10:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place: Maybrook, NY
- Coordinates: 41.479888, -74.209175 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4799&lon=-74.2092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36112
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36112/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA100

## 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, cruise - normal
  - engine accessories,vacuum pump - missing (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,oil - loss,total (cause)
  - powerplant - seized
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16255-2009-03-30), registration cancelled 2009-03-30, S/N 28-7305214, built 1973 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7305214
- Airframe hours: 4137
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880301016789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880301016789A), Mar 1, 1988: Piper PA28180, Montgomery, NY, Substantial damage. Engine failure due to loss of oil pressure. Forced landing in a field. Found that the vaccuum pump was missing.

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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