# Incident 19980101029289I: Piper PA28140, Hammond, LA, January 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6732J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6732J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total, 25 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980101029289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMED PREFLIGHT WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. AIRCRAFT IS A RENTAL AND WAS FLOWN 1.8 HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY. AFTER CLIMB OUT AND LEVELING OUT IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED LOW OIL PRESSURE AND NORMAL OIL TEMPERATURE. PILOT INITIATED A TURN TO RETURN TO HAMMOND AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, PILOT NOTEDED OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. HE NOTIFIED HAMMOND AIRPORT OF HIS SITUATION AND SET UP AN APPROACH TO AN OPEN FIELD. THE ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH. ON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR SANK INTO SOFT GROUND BREAKING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL FORK, DAMAGING ENGINE COWL AND BENDING RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF A LOSS OF OIL. WE ARE AWAITING MECHANIC AVAILABILITY TO COMPLETE INVESTIGATION.

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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