- Date
- June 25, 1992, 17:34 local (21:34 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N700MMPiper PA-60-602P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920625021769A
- Case key
- 37180
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Probable cause
The failure of the left engine turbochargers bearings, which resulted in a loss of power and subsequent degradation of climb performance.
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
During the takeoff ground run, witnesses observed the airplane at a slow speed, using the full length of the 4,102-FT runway before it became airborne briefly. The left wing dipped, struck some power lines, and the airplane crashed on a highway striking a car. Metallurgical teardown examinations of the two left engine turbochargers disclosed evidence of extreme wear in the bearings from the turbine wheel shafts which resulted in obstructed oil ports.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700MM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-602P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-8265031
- Airframe hours
- 2,313
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AAIA5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elvan Beiler, doing business as Zero One Tango Inc.
- Registered owner
- Zero One Tango Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1991 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- LNS
- Destination
- LNS
- Airport
- LNS · Lancaster, runway 31, 4,102 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,980 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNS, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.