- Date
- November 1, 1986, 21:40 local (Nov 2, 1986, 05:40 UTC)
- Place
- Oregon City, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8419PPiper PA-24-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861101052759A
- Case key
- 40560
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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
Shortly after takeoff, an eng failure occurred. The plt elected to make a forced lndg on a freeway. During the landing, the acft collided with two vehicles. An inspection revealed an eng oil line had ruptured which led to oil exhaustion. Evidence indicated the oil line was not replaced at time of an eng change & the line was original equip dating from from 1964.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8419P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26-11
- Airframe hours
- 2,841
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1A, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nickerson Fleet Management
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- TTD · Troutdale, OR
- Destination
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 5 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 20 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.
Other investigations on N8419P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.