33.1384° N, 96.1108° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 18, 1988 · 11:30 local
Place
Greenville, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N52515
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total196 in this make and model23 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 spraying on windshield on climbout. Prop stopped. Emergency landing at strip. Top oil line ruptured.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE OIL SPRAYING ON WINDSHIELD ON CLIMBOUT. PROP STOPPED. EMERGENCY LANDING AT STRIP. TOP OIL LINE RUPTURED.