# Incident 19960427026859I: Piper PA28R200, Madison Lake, MN, April 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Madison Lake, MN
- Airport: Valley News Co-Lake Washington
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2130° N, 93.8110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2130&lon=-93.8110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33047, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33047) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 123 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960427026859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING VFR CRUISE FROM FARIBAULT, MN TO SLAYTON, MN PILOT OBSERVED A DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT A CLOSER AIRPORT - MANKATO - THAN HIS DESTINATION BUT ENGINE FAILED. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY 5 MILES EAST OF MANKATO AIRPORT, NEAR MADISON LAKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES NOR WAS THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGED. LOSS OF ENGINE OIL WAS PROBABLY THROUGH THE PROP GOVERNOR WHICH I OBSERVED THE CONTROL HEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE GOV. BODY DUE APPARENTLY TO AN IMPROPERLY SECURED LOCKING DEVICE.

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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