# Incident 19800128019789I: Piper PA11, Wishek, ND, January 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Wishek, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2556° N, 99.5545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wishek, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2556&lon=-99.5545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5042H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5042H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Reported engine: CONT A658F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 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/19800128019789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SMELLED OIL IN FLIGHT AND OBSERVED OIL IN COWLING. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. OIL CAP CAME OFF IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N5042H (1)

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

- [Accident 19811019069029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811019069029A), Oct 19, 1981: Piper PA11 (N5042H), Duluth, WI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of tail wheel aircraft on crosswind landing. Over controlled brakes, aircraft nosed over.

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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