# Incident 19870323028589I: Piper PA31T1, Cleveland, OH, March 23, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1987, 14:50 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23243 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 40 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870323028589I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN EN ROUTE DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. SAFE LANDING. OIL WAS LEAKING THRU GARLOCK SEAL ON HYDRAULIC PUMP

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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