# Incident 19810512023849I: Piper PA22, Tell City, IN, May 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1981, 09:00 local time
- Place: Tell City, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9530° N, 86.7593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tell City, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9530&lon=-86.7593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2625P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2625P-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 150 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/19810512023849I

## Narrative

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

ZA PILOT NOTICED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE. FOUND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE LINE BROKEN.

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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