# Accident 19801120068069A: Piper PA28180, Wichita, KS, November 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1980, 10:45 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Riverside
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7481° N, 97.4067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Riverside Airport (K32), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7481&lon=-97.4067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88075, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88075) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,004 total, 500 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801120068069A

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE. STRUCK POWERLINE ON APPROACH TO HAYFIELD. FOUND LEAKY OIL FILTER THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N88075 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830422015729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830422015729A), Apr 22, 1983: Piper J3C65 (N88075), Kalispell, MT, Substantial damage. Struck a powerline while landing on a private strip. Crash landed upright on the runway.

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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