ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354591
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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1998 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: | Stewart 51 Inc. S-51D |
| Owner/operator: | Stewart 51 Inc. |
| Registration: | N51S |
| MSN: | 013 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 436 hours |
| Engine model: | Chevrolet GIVL-502 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vero Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight was on climb out when the pilot experienced a loss of engine power. The pilot radioed the air traffic control tower and reported the engine problem. The pilot was cleared for a downwind emergency landing on runway 29R. The airplane landed on the first 1/3 of the runway, and rolled off the departure end of the 3500 foot long paved surface, and collided with a ditch. The examination of the engine assembly disclosed that the engine oil tank was ruptured; there was no oil recovered from the engine lubrication system. The examination of the oil tank assembly disclosed that a plastic plug blocked the oil tank breather line. According to the operator of the airplane, the oil tank had been removed, and was painted several days prior to the accident. During the painting operation, all holes, in the tank, including the oil tank breather line, were covered with plastic plugs.
Probable Cause: The maintenance personnel failure to remove a plastic plug from the oil tank breather that resulted in the rupture of the engine oil tank. Factors were, a tailwind during the emergency landing, and a ditch on the departure end of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL98LA062
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Mar-2024 16:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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