29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 17, 1981 · 22:08 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Wm P Hobby
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3533L
Reported as
Piper PA31
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total2,000 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Low oil pressure due to oil blow by past number 1 cylinder piston rings engine hours 684.
As the FAA filed it
LOW OIL PRESSURE DUE TO OIL BLOW BY PAST NUMBER 1 CYLINDER PISTON RINGS ENGINE HOURS 684.