# Incident 19811015077299I: Piper PA28R201T, Gold Beach, OR, October 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1981, 13:37 local time
- Place: Gold Beach, OR
- Airport: Gold Beach
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4154° N, 124.4249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLD BEACH MUNI (4S1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4154&lon=-124.4249&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47632, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47632) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 900 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811015077299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORCED TO LAND WHEN ENGINE FAILED DUE TO LOSS OF OIL SUPPLY BECAUSE OF UNSECURED TANK CAP.

## Other reports on N47632 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781006031279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781006031279I), Oct 6, 1978: Piper PA28R201T (N47632), Vancouver, WA, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing to runway end for takeoff, clipped fence post on turn around, applied hard braking, nosed up.

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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