ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202209
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Date: | Monday 12 April 1999 |
Time: | 09:15 |
Type: | Van's RV-4 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N6420E |
MSN: | 1875 |
Total airframe hrs: | 657 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Red Bluff, CA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Rio Vista, CA (O88) |
Destination airport: | Medford, OR (MFR) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The engine of the amateur built, experimental aircraft seized and stopped after the seam of the automotive-type oil cooler opened up in-flight, resulting in loss of the engine oil supply and oil starvation of the engine. The pilot attempted to make a forced landing in a field, however, the right main landing gear entered a hole and the aircraft cartwheeled.
Probable Cause: A crack which developed in the automotive-type oil cooler of the experimental, amateur built aircraft and permitted the engine oil supply to flow overboard.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001205X00509&key=1 Revision history:
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