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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Scottsboro, AL · April 26, 1996

Date
April 26, 1996 · 11:30 local
Place
Scottsboro, AL
Airport
Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field Arp
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N777KC
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total1,000 in this make and model7 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.

Narrative: pilot jack wolfe, 2038676, en route from tri to hua noted the low oil pressure light came on. Called hsv tower and diverted to 4A6 and landed safely. Inspection of the engine revealed valve guides out of limits all valve guides were replaced. Tsmo 600 hrs.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT JACK WOLFE, 2038676, EN ROUTE FROM TRI TO HUA NOTED THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. CALLED HSV TOWER AND DIVERTED TO 4A6 AND LANDED SAFELY. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED VALVE GUIDES OUT OF LIMITS ALL VALVE GUIDES WERE REPLACED. TSMO 600 HRS.