# Incident 19990426021329I: Piper PA23250, Champaign-Urban, IL, April 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1999, 08:45 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QGKA
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40599, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40599) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 125 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990426021329I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/26/99, AT APPROSIMATELY 0824 CDT WHILE ON A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM PEORIA IL (PIA) TO CHAMPAIGN IL (CMI) IN VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED AN OIL LEAK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LEFT ENGINE COWL, AT THAT TIME HE WAS ABOUT 35-40 MILES EAST OF PIA. APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MILES LATER THE PILOT NOTICED THE OIL STREAK WAS GETTING HEAVIER AND MADE THE DECISION TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PILOT DID STATE THAT ALL INDICATIONS ON THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE NORMAL AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY; EXCEPT FOR THE OIL LEAK. THE FLIGHT THEN CONTINUED TO THE DESTINATION AIRPORT CMI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N40599 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990602016059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990602016059I), Jun 2, 1999: Piper PA23250 (N40599), Peoria, IL. On 06/2/99, at approximately 2158 CDT while on a revenue flight from decatur IL (dec) to Peoria IL (pia) in VFR weather conditions, the pilot in command…
- [Incident 19980729030729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980729030729I), Jul 29, 1998: Piper PA23250 (N40599), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. N40599 landed on runway 31 and struck a deer approximately 500 feet nw of taxiway ee. The pilot stated that the aircraft struck the deer with the nose gear and…

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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