- Date
- June 7, 1991, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Paulding, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N516LAerofab 4/210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910607020519A
- Case key
- 36939
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Probable cause
The improper installation of the oil filter by the pilot which resulted in a leak and subsequent oil exhaustion.
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 pilot said the engine oil pressure dropped to zero, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing. During the forced landing the right wing struck wires causing the airplane to impact the ground short of the intended landing field. Examination of the wreckage revealed the engine oil leaked from the area of the oil filter until the engine was depleted of oil. The pilot stated he had changed the engine oil a day prior to the flight and did not test run the engine to check for oil leaks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N516L
- Reported as
- Aerofab 4/210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 538
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Herbert J. Beil
- Registered owner
- Herbert J. Beil
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 091 · Delphos, OH
- Destination
- GLR · Gaylord, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OH28 · Paulding
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N516L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.