Piper PA-28R-200 N2805R

Summary

On 30 December 1982 at about 23:05 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N2805R, operated by Palatka Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Lumber City, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 December 1982 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Lumber City, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

31.9302, -82.6807

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N2805R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Palatka Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Palatka

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL83FKG07

4 people were seriously 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 FLIGHT, THE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN DROPPING RAPIDLY JUST AFTER THE ENGINE RPM ABRUPTLY INCREASED. MINUTES LATER, THE RPM DECREASED AND THE ENGINE FAILED. WHILE THE PILOT WAS MAKING A FORCED LANDING IN DARKNESS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN OBJECT JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN OIL LINE TO THE GOVENOR HAD FAILED. THE OIL LINE HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED AND THE PLANE HAD FLOWN ONLY 5 HRS SINCE THE REPAIR. THE LINE HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE AT THE FORWARD END WHICH WAS BEVELED FOR A FITTING. THE LINE WAS NORMALLY SUPPLIED BY AVCO LYCOMING AS PN 75A69, FABRICATED FROM AMS 5566 STAINLESS STEEL. THE FAILED LINE WAS MADE FROM A LOW CARBON STEELALLOY. THE LINE FAILED AFTER ONLY 5 HRS OF OPERATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.