# Incident 20020522010659I: Piper PA32260, Opalocka, FL, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 17:07 local time
- Place: Opalocka, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5568J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5568J-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522010659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 22, 2002, MR. JAMES HUNTER WEBSTER, HOLDER OF PILOT'S CERTIFICATE (#239707171) OPERATED N5568J ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM OPA LOCKA AIRPORT IN OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA. WHILE PRACTICING IFR FLIGHT THE ENGINE ON N5568J LOST POWER. THE ENGINE FAILED 30 SECONDS LATER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE EVERGLADES SWAMP AREA WEST OF OPA LOCKA WEST AIRPORT, DAMAGING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE ENGINE MOUNT ASSEMBLY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT REVEALED A RUPTURED OIL COOLER HOSE GOING FROM THE ENGINE ACCESSORY CASE TO THE OIL COOLER. THE HOSE FAILURE CAUSED THE ENGINE OIL TO BE PUMPED OUT OF THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5568J (1)

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

- [Accident 20151201021339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151201021339A), Dec 1, 2015: Piper PA-32-260 (N5568J), Opa_locka, FL, Destroyed. Pilot departed opa Locka airport (kopf) and around 800 feet of altitude he smell something coming from the vents between the glareshield and windshield, at…

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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