Piper PA-28R N4976S

Summary

On 3 September 1982 at about 20:40 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N4976S, operated by Bruce Crouse, was involved in an accident near Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 September 1982 at 20:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Sewanee, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

35.1995, -85.9195

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R

Registration

N4976S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bruce Crouse

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Decatur

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA264

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

ENROUTE THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO & SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PROP SEIZED DUE TO OIL STARVATION. POST EXAM REVEALED A CRACK IN THE PROP GOVERNOR OIL LINE, P/N76157, AT THE BEND ABOUT 1 INCH AWAY FROM THE "B" NUT ATTACHING THE LINE TO THE ELBOW FITTING AT THE FORWARD END OF THE ENG. THE TWO SUPPORT BRACKETS, AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE PARTS MANUAL, WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE STAINLESS STEEL LINE ALLOWING THE LINE TO VIBRATE & FLEX. THE ENG HAD BEEN OVERHAULED 75 HRS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.