Piper PA-28R-200 N9306N

Summary

On 14 July 1986 at about 12:21 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N9306N, operated by Bookstein Aircraft Corporation, was involved in an accident near Marathon, Florida, 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

14 July 1986 at 12:21

Classification

Accident

Location

Marathon, Florida, United States

Coordinates

24.7097, -81.0804

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N9306N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bookstein Aircraft Corporation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Key West → Ft.lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA209

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

FLIGHT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND SUBSEQUENT SEIZING OF THE ENGINE AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE OIL LINE FROM THE PROPELLER GOVENOR TO THE ENGINE NOSE CASE HAD FAILED IN FATIGUE AT A BEND. TWO REQUIRED SUPPORT CLAMPS FOR THIS LINE WERE NOT INSTALLED. THE LINE HAD BEEN CHANGED 8 FLIGHT HOURS BEFORE THE FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.