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ATL85LA208

1985-07-09 · SHELBY, North Carolina, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport EHO

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THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RWY 23, HE NOTICED OIL COMING FROM THE LEFT ENG. HE INITIATED A TURN TO LAND ON RWY 05 BUT WAS UNABLE TO LINE UP WITH THE RWY. HE ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AND WHEN HE ADDED FULL POWER THE LEFT ENG OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO PSI. THE PLT FEATHERED THE LEFT ENG AND A SINGLE ENG GO-AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED. THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE NOT RETRACTED AND THE ACFT CRASHED 2 MILES NE OF THE ARPT AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE. THE ORIGIN OF THE OIL LEAK COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85LA208.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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