# Incident 19900718031899I: Piper PA28151, Kutztown, PA, July 18, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1990, 15:00 local time
- Place: Kutztown, PA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5213° N, 75.7773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kutztown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5213&lon=-75.7773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56969, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56969-1999-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900718031899I

## Narrative

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

OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO AND ENGINE FAILED. LANDED IN FIELD. OIL LEAKED INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## Other reports on N56969 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980516021369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980516021369A), May 16, 1998: Piper PA28151 (N56969), Princeton/Rocky, NJ, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Crash landed in a field. Was downwind and over gross wt. (.4) the pilot stated the engine lost partial power during climbout and he…

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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