19981224043789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Clinton, IA · December 24, 1998

Date
December 24, 1998 · 10:15 local
Place
Clinton, IA
Airport
Clinton Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5116L
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total800 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) Pilot departed Clinton airport, Clinton, Iowa. Aircraft lost oil pressure and oil came onto the windshield. The pilot landed in a bean field near the airport. The nose gear and prop tip were bent. Firewall apprears not to be damaged. There was no oil on the dipstick. The fwd crankshaft seal broke. This incident is considered closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) PILOT DEPARTED CLINTON AIRPORT, CLINTON, IOWA. AIRCRAFT LOST OIL PRESSURE AND OIL CAME ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD NEAR THE AIRPORT. THE NOSE GEAR AND PROP TIP WERE BENT. FIREWALL APPREARS NOT TO BE DAMAGED. THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK. THE FWD CRANKSHAFT SEAL BROKE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.