Piper 23-250 N6995Y

Summary

On 10 January 1982 at about 19:46 local time, a Piper 23-250 registered N6995Y, operated by Daniel A Bitton, was involved in an accident near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 January 1982 at 19:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Wheeling, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Palwaukee (PWK)

Coordinates

42.1300, -87.9206

Aircraft

Piper 23-250

Registration

N6995Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Daniel A Bitton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wheeling → Madison

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82FA025

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON BOTH ENGINES AND INITIATED A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 12, COLLIDED WITH, AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED TWO CESSNA 150'S AND DESTROYED A PIPER PA-32. BOTH ENGINES HAD 9X5 INCH HOLES ON THE TOP OF THE CRANKCASES AND BOTH HAD TWO CONNECTING RODS THAT HAD SEPARATED. THE ENGINE LOGBOOKS REVEALED THAT THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED ON 10/16/81 WITH THE EQUIVALENT OF SAE 40 OIL. THE LYCOMING OPERATOR'S MANUAL, WHICH WAS WITH THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS, RECOMMENDS THAT SAE 20 OIL BE USED FOR OPERATION AT TEMPERATURES BELOW 10 DEGREES F. THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS -15 DEGREES F.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.