Piper PA-28-235 N9451W

Summary

On 12 February 1987 at about 03:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-235 registered N9451W, operated by G.a.a. Oil Company, Inc., was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 February 1987 at 03:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Wittman Field (OSH)

Coordinates

44.0600, -88.5402

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-235

Registration

N9451W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

G.a.a. Oil Company, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Westosha

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI87LA082

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, AT APRX 1800 FEET 'THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT WITH NO RUNON OR SPUTTER' FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM RWY 18 AT OSHKOSH, WI. THE PLT STATED THAT HE BANKED THE ACFT BACK TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THE AILERON CONTROLS BECAME JAMMED OR 'FROZEN'. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE FLARED THE ACFT IN A LANDING CONFIGURATION AND THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE AND POSTS, AT WHICH TIME THE AILERON CONTROLS 'BROKE FREE.' THE ACFT CAME TO REST APRX 50 YARDS EAST OF THE TAXIWAY FOR RWY 18. AN ENGINE RUN-UP WAS PERFORMED AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. NO RESTRICTIONS IN THE FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES WERE DETECTED AND THE AUTOPILOT ROLL SERVO BENCH TESTED SATISFACTORILY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.