# Accident 19880312005179A: Piper PA32R300, Rock Hill, SC, March 12, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1988, 13:29 local time
- Place: Rock Hill, SC
- Airport: Rock Hill Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FPKA
- Location: 34.9249° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Hill, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9249&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8727E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8727E-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,855 total, 390 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880312005179A

## Narrative

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

ON ENGINE TEST, OIL LINE CAME OFF. LOST OIL AND THREW A ROD. PILOT MISMANAGED FORCED LANDING. OVERSHOT AND CRASHED.

## 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 ATL88FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA110), Mar 12, 1988: Piper PA-32R-300 (N8727E), Rock Hill, SC, destroyed

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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