# Incident 19850305012949I: Piper PA28R180, Miami, FL, March 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1985, 19:15 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Tamiami
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7503° N, 80.3742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tamiami Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7503&lon=-80.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3896T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3896T-1998-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 30 in this make and model, 285 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850305012949I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE DEVELOPED LOSS OF OIL IN FLIGHT. SHUTOFF ENGINE AND MADE SAFE LANDING.

## Other reports on N3896T (1)

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

- [Accident 19970702016619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970702016619A), Jul 2, 1997: Piper PA28R180 (N3896T), Penobscot, ME, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (.4)The pilot and passengers were returning home from a sightseeing flight, when a witness observed the airplane in a sharp right turn before it descended,…

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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