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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Sylacauga, AL · June 1, 1991

Date
June 1, 1991 · 12:25 local
Place
Sylacauga, AL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5784F
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total200 in this make and model40 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.

Oil pressure dropping. Smoke from cowling. Shut down and landed in field. Oil line to cooler leaking.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. SMOKE FROM COWLING. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED IN FIELD. OIL LINE TO COOLER LEAKING.