RIVERSIDE, CA, USA
N15039
PIPER PA-32-260
SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE PLT RADIOED IN THAT HE HAD BLOWN A ROD 'OR SOMETHING' AND WAS ABOUT TWO MILES OUT ON A RIGHT BASE LEG. HE THEN INFORMED THE TOWER THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AFTER WHICH THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A POWER POLE AND THE ACFT EXPLODED ON IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED FOREIGN DEBRIS IN THE OIL PUMP AND THE NUMBER SIX CONNECTING ROD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. THE RESPECTIVE END CAP HAD COME APART FROM THE CONNECTING ROD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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