# Incident 19800113014969I: Piper PA28235, Lansing, MI, January 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1980, 13:25 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: University Air Pa
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8811W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8811W-2015-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 75 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/19800113014969I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST RPM AND OIL PRESSURE. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. BLOWN GASKET. M&D REPORT SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N8811W (1)

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

- [Incident 20121027022969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121027022969I), Oct 27, 2012: Piper PA-28-235 (N8811W), Bath, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed hard on grass strip, runway 27 at University Airpark, Bath michigin. After touch down the nose strut sunk into the wet grass breakingthe 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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