Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Monee, Illinois 60449
Thursday, March 30, 1989 19:30 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DRG FLT AT NGT, THERE WAS A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE & THE ENG FAILED. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO THE NEAREST ARPT, BUT THE RWY LGTS COULD NOT BE ACTIVATED FM THE AIR, EXCEPT BY PRIOR REQUEST. DRG AN EMERG LNDG IN A NRBY FLD, THE NOSE GEAR HIT A DITCH & COLLAPSED. A TEARDOWN INSPN REVEALED ALL CAM LOBES WERE SPALLED OR PITTED, WITH LOBES FOR CYL #1 EXCESSIVELY WORN. CAM FOLLOWERS FOR CYL #1 & #3 WERE DAMAGED & HAD PRODUCED METAL. ALL OTR CAM FOLLOWERS WERE SPALLED OR PITTED. THEPISTON PIN PLUGS WERE WORN, WHICH CONTRIBUTED ALUMINUM TO THE OIL SYS. OIL PORTS & GALLEYS WERE FILLED WITH METAL FRAG- MENTS, RESTRICTING THEIR DIAMETERS. ALUMINUM & STEEL PARTICLES WERE FND IN THE OIL, FILTER & SUMP. THE #5 CONNECTING RODHAD FAILED & THE RESPECTIVE BOLTS WERE NECKED DWN & PULLED APART. THE OTR ROD BEARINGS WERE EITHER SEIZED OR WERE HARD TO TURN. THE PLT HAD NOTICED METAL FRAGMENTS DRG A RECENT OIL CHANGE, BUT WAS NOT CERTAIN OF WHAT THIS INDCD. RPRTDLY, A MECHANIC HAD ADZD HIM THAT THE FRAGMENTS WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER METAL FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND IN THE OIL, AND WORN CAM LOBES/FOLLOWERS/PISTON PIN PLUGS, WHICH RESULTED IN OIL CONTAMINATION, RESTRICTION (BLOCKAGE) IN THE OIL SYSTEM, OIL STARVATION, AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE (CONNECTING ROD) FAILURE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARK NIGHT, LACK OF RUNWAY LIGHTS AT THE NEARBY AIRPORT, AND A DITCH IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/30/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1930 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | MONEE |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 60449 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| 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 | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1851 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 45 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GYY |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 798 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 19 |
| 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) | 2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| 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 | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1326 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 30 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 2100 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39513 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:31PM |
| 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 | N55191 |
| NTSB Number | CHI89LA065 |
| 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 | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-235 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-235 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28-7310120 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3000 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 25 1988 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 60 |
| Airframe Hours | 980 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | LINCOLN MEAT COMPANY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 3800 S. HALSTED ST. |
| Aircraft Owner City | CHICAGO |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 3HA |
| Departure City | LANSING |
| Departure State | IL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1740 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |