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Rock Hill, SC
The pilot and a certificated pilot/passenger departed the Rock Hill Airport for a local maintenance test flight following an engine overhaul and installation. About 10 minutes into the flight, the engine oil pressure dropped to zero and a complete loss of power followed. The pilot radioed the information to the departure airport and attempted a forced landing in a large pasture with fences. The first touchdown was about 1,746 feet past a tree line at the edge of the field. The aircraft collided with an earth mound 961 feet past the first touchdown point, rolled inverted, and collided with the terrain 300 feet past the earth mound. The total distance between the tree line at the edge of the fields and the stopping point was about 3,091 feet. The latter portion of the path was more steeply downslope than the first 2,150 feet. Post-accident examination revealed an oil line which showed evidence of not having been properly connected.
THE PLT AND A CERTIFICATED PILOT/PAX DEPARTED THE ROCK HILL APT FOR A LOCAL MAINT TEST FLT FOLLOWING AN ENGINE OVERHAUL AND INSTALLATION. ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLT, THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER FOLLOWED. THE PLT RADIOED THE INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT AND ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING IN A LARGE PASTURE WITH FENCES. THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS ABOUT 1746 FT PAST A TREE LINE AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH AN EARTH MOUND 961 FT PAST THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN POINT, ROLLED INVERTED AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN 300 FT PAST THE EARTH MOUND. TOTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TREE LINE AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELDS AND THE STOPPING POINT WAS ABOUT 3,091 FT. THE LATTER PORTION OF THE PATH WAS MORE STEEPLY DOWNSLOPING THAN THE FIRST 2,150 FT. POST ACC EXAM REVEALED AN OIL LINE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF NOT HAVING BEEN PROPERLY CONNECTED.