# Incident 19981224043789I: Piper PA28180, Clinton, IA, December 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1998, 10:15 local time
- Place: Clinton, IA
- Airport: Clinton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8308° N, 90.3290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLINTON MUNI (CWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8308&lon=-90.3290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5116L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5116L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981224043789I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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