# Accident 20010217004139A: Piper PA32R301T, Ft Worth, TX, February 17, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2001, 12:45 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9498° N, 97.3310° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9498&lon=-97.3310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8355L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8355L-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217004139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 17, 2001 AT 1845 GMT, A PIPER PA-32R-301T, N8355L, OWNED BY LARRY HERREA,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^             WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, ENROUTE FROM KILLEEN, TEXAS TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT (AFW) FORT WORTH, TEXAS THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN OIL PRESSURE LIGHT AND PRESSURE TO ZERO. FEW SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE SEIZED AND AN EMERGENCY ALNDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD SOUTH EAST OF AFW IN A FIELD APPROX. 1000 YARDS EAST OF I-35W AND SOUTH OF GOLDEN TRIANGLE BLVD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED BY THE CREW. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT AND SECOND PILOT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE AND THE SECOND PILOT A COMMERCAIL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KILLEEN, TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 17, 2001 AT 1745 GMT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA068), Feb 17, 2001: Piper PA32-R-301T (N8355L), Haslet, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the improper installation of the oil filter bypass valve by an unknown person, which resulted in the loss of engine oil and subsequent loss of total power during a normal descent. A contributing…

## Other reports on N8355L (1)

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

- [Accident 19880807034929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807034929A), Aug 7, 1988: Piper PA32RT300 (N8355L), Edna, TX, Substantial damage. Landed in a ditch along side of closed unlighted runway at dark night and struck a culvert. Airport notamed 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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