- Date
- August 20, 1991, 17:15 local (Aug 21, 1991, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Shady Cove, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2528WBeech B24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910820035139A
- Case key
- 41520
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper re-installation of an oil line by maintenance personnel, which resulted in an oil leak from a loose line and subsequent seizure of the engine. Uneven terrain in the emergency landing area was a related factor.
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
On the first flight after an annual inspection, the pilot was returning his Beech B24R to its home base. He noted that the engine was not developing normal RPM, and he elected to return to the maintenance facility. Shortly thereafter, the engine seized. The pilot made a wheels-up landing on uneven grassy terrain, and the aircraft was damaged. An investigation revealed that an oil line, which had been removed for maintenance, was loose and oil had been pumped overboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2528W
- Reported as
- Beech B24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC201
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John G. Purdy
- Registered owner
- John G. Purdy
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Destination
- Shady Grove, 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,660 total · 1,392 in this make and model · 3,179 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.