# Incident 19881203067609I: Piper PA28235, St Charles, IL, December 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1988, 13:45 local time
- Place: St Charles, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9194° N, 88.3107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9194&lon=-88.3107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8734W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8734W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 713 total, 572 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881203067609I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. NR1 CYLINDER PISTON PIN PLUG DISINTEGRATED AND METAL IN ENGINE.

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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