Accident · 1998-10-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-10-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 (N53EN)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aeronautical Services Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AERONAUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
Probable cause
The failure of maintenance personnel to refill the engine oil following the draining of the oil and changing of the oil filter. Also, inadequate preflight of the airplane by the pilot for his failure to noted the absence of engine oil.
Source: NTSB case MIA99LA003Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.