# Incident 19801230088799I: Piper PA24, Decatur, IL, December 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1980, 13:45 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8403° N, 88.9548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8403&lon=-88.9548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7734P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7734P-1997-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,192 total, 937 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/19801230088799I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE IN FLIGHT OIL COOLER HOSE FITTINGS LOOSE AT ACCESSORY CASE.

## Other reports on N7734P (2)

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

- [Accident 19951109036349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951109036349A), Nov 9, 1995: Piper PA24180 (N7734P), Lebanon, NH, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Stalled during slow speed climbout. Spun to ground. Overgross weight gear down ice on airframe causal factors.
- [Accident 19821211068169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821211068169A), Dec 11, 1982: Piper PA24 (N7734P), Lacon, IL, Substantial damage. Engine missed and backfired. Landed, checked normal. Next takeoff same. Landed straight ahead and struck a fence.

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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