ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356495
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| Date: | Saturday 9 November 1996 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 17-30A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N86DR |
| MSN: | 74-30690 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1775 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520K1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brunswick, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Savannah, GA (KSAV) |
| Orlando, FL (KISM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
About 30 minutes into the flight, the pilot felt a 'momentary shudder' from the engine. He checked the gauges and said all the instruments were in the 'green.' When he rechecked the instruments a short time later he noticed that the oil pressure 'had gone to zero.' The pilot advised ATC that his engine had lost power and he was going to attempt to land at an airport. The pilot could not make the airport, and elected to land in a salt marsh north of the airport. The engine teardown reveled that the No. 5 piston had a hole in the piston skirt, resulting in the oil being pushed overboard, oil starvation, and the subsequent complete loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: a complete loss of engine power as a result of piston failure, oil starvation, and the subsequent forced landing in unsuitable terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA97LA023
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 07:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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