Event LAX83FJA02

1982-11-16 HONOLULU, Hawaii, United States Airport · HNL None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N56351 Piper PA-28-140 None

Factual narrative

THE ENG QUIT & THE PLT DITCHED IN THE OCEAN NEAR THE BEACH. THE #4 CONNECTING ROD SHANK WAS FOUND BROKEN AT THE CRANKPIN BEARING HOUSING. ONE ROD BOLT HEAD WAS BROKEN OFF & THE BOLT GRIP WAS NECKED DOWN. THE NUT ON THIS BOLT WAS STILL ON THE BOLT & FLUSH WITH THE THREADED END OF THE BOLT. THE OTHER BOLT & NUT WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE CRANKPIN BEARING HOUSING HALVES WITH APPROXIMATELY THREE THREADS SHOWING BEYOND THE NUT. THE FOLLOWING TORQUE READINGS WERE NOTED ON THE CONROD BOLTS: #1 ROD UPPER & LOWER BOLTS - 660 INCH POUNDS; #2 ROD UPPER BOLT - 250 INCH POUNDS; #2 ROD LOWER BOLT - 300 INCH POUNDS; #3 ROD UPPER & LOWER BOLTS - 0 INCH POUNDS. REQUIRED TORQUE ON THESE BOLTS IS 480 INCH POUNDS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_LAX83FJA02.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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