Piper PA-28-180R N7550J

Summary

On 9 July 1982 at about 16:14 local time, a Piper PA-28-180R registered N7550J, operated by Lawrence C. Lemke, was involved in an accident near Carrollton, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 July 1982 at 16:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Carrollton, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.5794, -85.0702

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180R

Registration

N7550J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lawrence C. Lemke

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ashville → Montgomery

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA192

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT SMELLED OIL FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GOING TO ZERO AND THEN THE ENGINE FAILING. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD WHERE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER CONTACTING A ROCK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ALUMINUM PROPELLER GOVERNOR TUBE BETWEEN THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR AND THE PROPELLER HUB HAD CRACKED. THE STEEL CLAMP THAT SECURES THIS TUBE TO THE OIL PAN EXHIBITED WEAR SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND ON THE TUBE AND ITS RUBBER INSULATOR WAS WORN AND FOUND OUT OF POSITION. AN ANNUAL AND A 100 HOUR INSPECTION HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON 6/29/82.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.