# Incident 19790922050989I: Piper PA24260, Washington, DC, September 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1979, 18:45 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8992P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8992P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 583 total, 207 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790922050989I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OIL LOST DUE TO A LOOSE B NUT IN THE OIL COOLER LINE. JUST OUT OF MAINTENANCE

## Other reports on N8992P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930926036429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930926036429A), Sep 26, 1993: Piper PA24260 (N8992P), Niagara Falls, NY, 1 fatal. Pilots wife got out to remove nose wheel chock with engine running. Was struck by propeller. Failed to stop engine.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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