Bakeman-Chapman CASSUTT III M N520BC

Summary

On 13 August 1984 at about 00:00 local time, a Bakeman-Chapman CASSUTT III M registered N520BC, operated by JON. M. Chenettec, was involved in an accident near Olin, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 August 1984 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Olin, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.9805, -98.0195

Aircraft

Bakeman-Chapman CASSUTT III M

Registration

N520BC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

JON. M. Chenettec

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lamasa → Okmulaee

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW84FA347

1 person was seriously 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

PLT HAD PURCHASED THE ACFT EARLIER ON DAY OF ACCIDENT. HE HAD NO PREVIOUS TIME IN THE ACFT. HE FLEW FOR 220 MILES AND MADE FIRST LANDING. ACFT SERVICED WITH FUEL ONLY. TAKEOFF WAS MADE AND HE FLEW FOR 60 MILES. ENG BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND BLACK SMOKE OBSERVED. PLT MADE EMERG LANDING AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD IN LEVEL SOD FIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE #1 ROD FAILED FROM OVERHEAT CAUSED BY LACK OF OIL. OIL DRAIN PLUG MISSING. EVIDENCE OF DIRT IN THE HOLE THREADS. NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT ON DRAIN PLUG. ENG TEAR DOWN AND NTSB METALLURGICAL EXAM CONFIRMED OIL STARVATION TO ROD BEARING COMPONENTS. LAST OIL CHANGE WAS MORE THAN ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN UNTIL THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.