# NTSB SEA87LA016: Piper PA-24-400, N8419P, Oregon City, OR, November 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1986, 21:40 local (Nov 2, 1986, 05:40 UTC)
- Place: Oregon City, OR
- Coordinates: 45.319553, -122.51963 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3196&lon=-122.5196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40560
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40560/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA016

## 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
  - lubricating system,oil line - deteriorated (cause)
  - maintenance,replacement - not performed, other maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
  - lubricating system,oil line - burst (cause)
  - fluid,oil - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8419P-2012-11-13), registration cancelled 2012-11-13, S/N 26-11, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (registry code 7102408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-720 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (registry code 41546, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 26-11
- Airframe hours: 2841
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861101052759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861101052759A), Nov 1, 1986: Piper PA24400, Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. The engine failed from oil starvation. The aircraft struck vehicles during forced landing. Oil cooler line broken.

## Other investigations on N8419P (2)

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.

- [NTSB ANC75AA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA039), Dec 16, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N8419P), Haines, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC67D0029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67D0029), Aug 30, 1966: Piper PA-24 (N8419P), Northway, AK, substantial damage

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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