# Accident 19800825039379A: Piper PA28201T, Sixes, OR, August 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1980, 14:10 local time
- Place: Sixes, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8201° N, 124.4832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sixes, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8201&lon=-124.4832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444JT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 20 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYK15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825039379A

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE DUE TO TURBINE SEAL FAILURE. MADE FORCED LANDING IN PASTURE. STRUCK IRRIGATION PIPE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA80FYK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYK15), Aug 25, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N444JT), Sixes, OR, substantial damage

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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