37.3575° N, 78.4378° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FARMVILLE RGNL (FVX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 24, 1982 · 10:00 local
Place
Farmville, VA
Airport
Farmville
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N436FL
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total30 in this make and model30 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.
Cockpit filled with smoke. Landed safely. Crack in oil return line. Spilled oil onto manifold, causing smoke.
As the FAA filed it
COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. LANDED SAFELY. CRACK IN OIL RETURN LINE. SPILLED OIL ONTO MANIFOLD, CAUSING SMOKE.