# Accident 19830227005389A: Piper PA28140, Oxford, MA, February 27, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1983, 14:45 local time
- Place: Oxford, MA
- Airport: Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1159° N, 71.8701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1159&lon=-71.8701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33458, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33458-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 271 total, 271 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FNE02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FNE02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830227005389A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT IN PATTERN. HIT WIRES ON FORCED LANDING.IMPROPER TOP OVERHAUL ALLOWED LEAKING PISTON RINGS AND VALVES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83FNE02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FNE02), Feb 27, 1983: Piper PA-28-140 (N33458), Oxford, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N33458 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811005075189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811005075189I), Oct 5, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N33458), Hampton, NH, Minor damage. Pilot overshot landing on wet turf, braking action poor, aircraft went off runway into trees.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.