ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371291
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Date: | Sunday 10 April 1988 |
Time: | 11:10 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172XP |
Owner/operator: | Tom Acree |
Registration: | N736KG |
MSN: | R1722583 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3076 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-360-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Walla Walla, WA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Enterprise, OR (8S4) |
Destination airport: | Walla Walla, WA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING DESCENT FOR LANDING THE PILOT NOTED A SURGE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA, ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN RPM'S. BOTH THE OIL TEMPERATURE AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGES WERE READING ZERO. THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED 500 DEGREES AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ONTO A SOFT COW PASTURE. DURING LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER INVERTED. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED HEAT DAMAGE AND OVERSTRESS FRACTURES OF THE COMPONENTS EXAMINED. THE OIL PUMP DRIVE KEY WAS FOUND TO HAVE SHEARED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA88LA071 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB SEA88LA071
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