# Incident 19860926051579I: Piper PA28161, Danville, BA, September 26, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1986, 11:45 local time
- Place: Danville, BA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8256R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8256R-1997-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860926051579I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND FAILED EN ROUTE. LANDED IN A FIELD. EXACT CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE NOT REPORTED.

## Other reports on N8256R (1)

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

- [Accident 19910707026409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910707026409A), Jul 7, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N8256R), Denver, CO, Destroyed. Unable to climb after takeoff in severe quartering tailwind. Engine sputtering. Mixture altitude and flaps factors.

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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