# Incident 19960426019429I: Piper PA28140, Scottsboro, AL, April 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Scottsboro, AL
- Airport: Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field Arp
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6723° N, 86.0341° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsboro, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6723&lon=-86.0341&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426019429I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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