N9368A
Registered owner: KIMBERLIN MARK, OR (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
2 reports on file, 1995-08-29.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (POWER SECTION)
PILOT REPORTED SUDDEN SEVERE VIBRATION APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT FOLLOWED WITHIN 1-2 MINUTES BY COMPLETE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE TO ZERO. APPROXIMATELY 6 MINUTES TO LANDING WITH RISE IN OIL TEMP OFF SCALE, INCREASED VIBRATION, BURNING ODOR AND PROGRESSIVE POWER LOSS. HAD NORMAL RECENT FLIGHTS, NORMAL START, RUN-UP, AND INITIAL FLIGHT BEFORE PROBLEM STARTED. BRIEF INSPECTION AFTER LANDING DID NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL ALONG BELLY AND SOME ON PROP. MECHANICS CURRENTLY WORKING TO ASCERTAIN PROBLEM.
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (POWERPLANT)
ON FIRST FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE (STARTER REPLACEMENT) ON 8-29-95, 25 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF ENGINE VIBRATION. HEADED TOWARD AIRPORT. WITHIN 1 MINUTE HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. OVER NEXT FEW MINUTES, HAD OIL TEMP PAST RED LINE AND OFF SCALE, OIL PRESSURE REMAINED ZERO, VIBRATION WORSENED, HAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS, AND BURNING ODOR. WAS ABLE TO RETURN AND LAND WITH PARTIAL POWER (ABOUT 10-12 INCHES MP). NO DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND MECHANICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE RECENT MAINTENANCE.