# Incident 19980822021529I: Piper PA28235, Cameron, MO, August 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1998, 08:58 local time
- Place: Cameron, MO
- Airport: Cameron Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7276° N, 94.2764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMERON MEML (EZZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7276&lon=-94.2764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N235DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235DA-2001-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 17 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980822021529I

## Narrative

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

ON 08-22-98, AT ABOUT 8:45 A.M., AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ROOSTERVILLE (MO10) ENROUTE TO CAMERON, MO FOR A SIGHTSEEING/PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP. WHILE OVER THE TOWN OF CAMERON THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS INDICATING ZERO. AIRCRAFT WAS IMMEDIATELY TURNED TOWARDS CAMERON (EZZ) AND INTO A LONG LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 17. AT THIS TIME A LOUD "BANG" WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AT EZZ AND DECIDED A CORN FIELD WOULD MAKE A BETTER EMERGENCY LANDING AREA THAN THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH WAS A BEAN FIELD. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE CORN FIELD, ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH OF EZZ, WITH NO INJURY TO PILOT OR PASSENGER AND MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THAT THE ENGINE FALURE WAS DUE TO ENGINE OIL STARVATION. THERE WERE NO EXTERNAL HOLES IN THE ENGINE CASE AND NO SIGNS OF OIL LOSS INDICATED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE CAUSE OF OIL STARVATION CAN NOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. INCIDENT #CE981GA0114 IS CLOSED.

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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