A loss of engine power due to oil starvation as a result of the failure of the No. 3 crankshaft journal bearing.
NTSB Accidents
Maintenance personnel fail to detect damaged aileron cable
Maintenance personnel’s failure to detect the damaged aileron cable during the most recent inspections, which resulted in the separation of the aileron control cable and subsequent loss of airplane control.
Routine practice flight fatal for two
The pilot’s improper decision to continue the visual-flight-rules flight into low visibility conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
Soft, wet turf runway and tailwheel bad combination
The pilot’s decision to perform the takeoff on the soft, wet, turf runway, with the tailwheel equipped airplane, which resulted in a nose-over.
Student pilot accidentally pulls mixture control
The student pilot accidentally pulling the mixture control in the landing pattern which resulted in a loss of engine power and forced landing.
Biplane hits Mooney while taxiing
The biplane pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in an on-ground collision with another airplane while taxiing.
Passenger intervenes when pilot freezes
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Wrong flap setting leads to crash
The pilot’s improper flap setting, which resulted in a collision with trees during a takeoff attempt from a short grass field.
Maintenance error leads to crash
The failure of maintenance personnel to properly connect the throttle cable, which led to the pilot’s inability to control engine power during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s misjudgment of the headwind during the forced landing, which resulted in the airplane’s touchdown short of the runway and its impact with airport structures.