19851020070279I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Willard, OH · October 20, 1985

Date
October 20, 1985 · 14:41 local
Place
Willard, OH
Airport
Willard
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8924P
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 in this make and model0 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.

Engine oil on windshield and pressure dropped. Overshot landing into field. Oil cooler line was old and brittle.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE OIL ON WINDSHIELD AND PRESSURE DROPPED. OVERSHOT LANDING INTO FIELD. OIL COOLER LINE WAS OLD AND BRITTLE.