# Incident 19801105083429I: Piper PA28236, Tomball, TX, November 5, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1980
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0951° N, 95.6197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-95.6197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81398 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 155 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/19801105083429I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND AN OIL LEAK AT BASE OF THE VACUUM PUMP.

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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