Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003
Thursday, July 31, 1986 9:20 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT TOOK OFF ON A TEST FLT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPN OF THE ACFT & A TOP OVERHAUL OF THE ENG HAD BEEN COMPLETED. WHILE CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 1200 TO 1300 FT AGL, THE ENG STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, THEN QUIT. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT, BUT WAS UNABLE. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE LANDED THE ACFT IN AN AREA OF DENSE BRUSH & TREES. AN INV REVEALED THAT THE ROCKER ARM SUPPORT STRUCTURE ON THE #3 CYLINDER HAD FAILED, RELEASING THE ROCKER ARM SHAFT & BOTH ROCKER ARMS. TEARDOWN OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE #3 EXHAUST VALVE GUIDE WAS AN INCORRECT PART & WAS OVERSIZE IN LENGTH BY 0.165 INCH. THE OVERSIZE GUIDE WOULD NOT ALLOW FULL VALVE MOVEMENT & THE RESIDUAL MOVEMENT RESULTED IN FAILURE OF THE ROCKER ARM SUPPORT STRUCTURE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/31/1986
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 920
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City BARTLESVILLE
Event State OKLAHOMA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 74003
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 7
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 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 210
Airport Elevation 715
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 952 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 30
Weather Observation Facility ID BVO
Elevation of weather observation facility 715
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 2000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 5
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 31
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 23
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
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 --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1835
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 31 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1200
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32295
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N50101
NTSB Number FTW86LA141
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 150H
Aircraft Series Identifier 150H
Aircraft Serial Number 15069063
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 Jul 31 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 4343
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JEAN F. COX
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOX 488
Aircraft Owner City HOMINY
Aircraft Owner State OK
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 74035
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
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) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 915
Departure Time Zone CDT
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 10:36AM
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 --