Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Page, Arizona 86040
Monday, May 26, 2003 10:40 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot executed a forced landing after the airplane experienced a catastrophic engine failure. Approximately 20 minutes after takeoff, the engine started to violently shake. The pilot retarded the throttle to 15 inches of manifold pressure and reduced the rpm to 2300. White smoke was emitted from the top portion of the cowling and a small amount of smoke entered the cockpit. Also, a large amount of "very black" oil came from the front of the cowling. The pilot turned the airplane in the direction of the nearest airport. About 2 minutes later, the engine stopped completely. He turned a base leg for the highway below. While on final, the airplane was overtaking vehicles on the road so he elected to deviate to the side of the highway. During the landing roll, the nose gear was torn off. After securing the airplane, the pilot noted two large holes on the top, aft portion of the engine casing. Pieces of casing and piston were on and around the engine. A piston rod was located on top of the engine, and a third hole was located at the bottom of the engine casing. Disassembly of the engine revealed that the number 2 cylinder main bearing rotated and closed off the oil supply to the bearing. It had been 1464.5 hours since the engine's last overhaul. According to the engine manufacturer, the time between overhauls for this engine is 1,600 operating hours. An oil analysis on December 7, 2001, indicated that the wear metals appeared high for the oil time.
This narrative was modified on February 16, 2005.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
a loss of engine power due to a oil starvation induced catastrophic internal failure of the engine caused by the rotation of the number 2 cylinder main bearing.
This narrative was modified on February 16, 2005.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/26/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1040 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | Page |
| Event State | ARIZONA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 86040 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 365534N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1112654W |
| 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 | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 956 Mountain Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 170 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PGA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4313 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 15 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 27 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 360 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.96 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 16935 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 26 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1115 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 28 2004 12:45PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | SCOTTSDALE FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9317M |
| NTSB Number | LAX03LA164 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | T207A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20700680 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3800 |
| 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 | 7 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 15 2003 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 26.2 |
| Airframe Hours | 10684.7 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WESTWIND AVIATION INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 732 W DEER VALLEY RD |
| Aircraft Owner City | PHOENIX |
| Aircraft Owner State | AZ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 85027 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| 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 | WAVA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Positioning |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PGA |
| Departure City | PAGE |
| Departure State | AZ |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1030 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | GCN |
| Destination City | Grand Canyon |
| Destination State | AZ |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 27 2004 7:06PM |
| User who most recently changed record | RICJ |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | NA |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |