Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Ore City, Texas 75683
Tuesady, January 31, 1989 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT WAS ON A X-COUNTRY FLT AT NIGHT WHEN THE ENG FAILED. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY (MAYDAY) TRANSMISSION & LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND. BY LOOKING FOR LIGHTS, HE LOCATED A ROAD FOR A FORCED LANDING. DRG THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE ACFT BOUNCED, ANGLED TO THE LEFT & ENCOUNTERED A DRAINAGE DITCH & CULVERTS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENG REVEALED THE CENTER CRANKSHAFT BEARING HAD ROTATED IN ITS SEAT SUFFICIENTLY TO BLOCK THE OIL PASSAGE FROM THIS BEARING TO THE #3 CONNECTING ROD BEARING. EVENTUALLY, THE #3 CONNECTING ROD FAILED & FRACTURED THE ENG CASE. THE AFT MAIN BEARING HAD ALSO TURNED SLIGHTLY IN ITS SEAT, BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE. THE ENG HAD ACCUMULATED 2263 HRS OF OPN SINCE IT WAS LAST OVERHAULED ON 8/31/84. THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED IT BE OVERHAULED AT 2000 HR INTERVALS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
SLIPPAGE OF THE CENTER CRANKSHAFT BEARING, WHICH RESULTED IN OIL STARVATION AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE #3 CONNECTING ROD. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE AIRCRAFT OWNER'S CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE ENGINE BEYOND THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL PERIOD, THE DARK NIGHT, THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ROADWAY ALIGNMENT DURING THE LANDING, AND THE DITCH/CULVERTS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/31/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 58 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | ORE CITY |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 75683 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | NONE |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 150 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 175 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GGG |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 365 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 25 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 9 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 6 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1076 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 31 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 200 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39353 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:25PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4745B |
| NTSB Number | FTW89LA044 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 152 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 152 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15283613 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 8 1988 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 77 |
| Airframe Hours | 4495 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | GATEWAY AVIATION INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 365 GOLDEN KNIGHT BLVD. |
| Aircraft Owner City | TITUSVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 32780 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | GATEWAY AVIATION INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 365 GOLDEN KNIGHTS BLVD. |
| Operator City | TITUSVILLE |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 32780 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SHV |
| Departure City | SHREVEPORT |
| Departure State | LA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 30 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | DAL |
| Destination City | DALLAS |
| Destination State | TX |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |