# Incident 19981025034969I: Piper PA28R200, Springfield, MO, October 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1998, 18:45 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191BC) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025034969I

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED FAINT MIST OR SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. HE OPENED THE SIDE VENT WINDOW AND THE SMOKE DISSIPATED.  SOON AFTERWARDS SMOKE RE-APPEARED AND HE OPENED THE REMAINING FRESH AIR VENTS.  AT THAT IME HE NOTICED THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE WAS SURGING AND OVER SPEEDING.  HE ADVISED THE TOWER OF HIS EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND.  WHEN LANDING WAS ASSURED HE REDUCED POWER AND THE ENGINE SIEZED.  THE PILOT REACHED THE RUNWAY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N191BC (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180816018879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180816018879I), Aug 16, 2018: Piper PA-28R-200 (N191BC), West Jordan, UT, Minor damage. Instructor and student reported that during a training event the aircraft was doing pattern work with a new student, during base leg another aircraft came into…
- [Incident 20171011016449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171011016449I), Oct 11, 2017: Piper PA-28R-200 (N191BC), West Jordan, UT, Minor damage. While the pilot was doing pattern work as well as touch and go work, the pilot forgot to put the landing gear down.

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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