# Incident 20020625020759I: Piper PA28R180, Chillicothe, OH, June 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2002, 12:41 local time
- Place: Chillicothe, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3405° N, 82.9961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chillicothe, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3405&lon=-82.9961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3256R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3256R-2015-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 750 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020625020759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE FROM COLLEGE PARK, PA TO LOUISVILLE, KY TWO HOURS INTO FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED OIL DROPS ON WINDSHIELD. TRIED TO DIVERT TO CIRCLEVILLE TO HAVE A MECHANIC LOOK AT AIRCRAFT BUT THE OIL LEAK GOT MUCH WORSE. THE OIL PRESSURE THEN WENT TO ZERO SO HE SHUT ENGINE DOWN AT 6000FT TO SAVE ENGINE IN CASE HE NEEDED IT LATER. NOW THE PILOT IS TRYING TO MAKE IT TO ROSS COUNTY AIRPORT BUT DECIDES HE CAN NOT MAKE IT. SO HE SEES A BEAN FIELD AND STARTS HIS APPROACH TO LAND. DURING HIS APPROACH HE REALIZES THAT HE IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH HIGH ELEVATION POWER LINE SO HE RE-STARTED THEN ENGINE TO GAIN ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE OBSTACLE. HE THEN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AGAIN AND LANDED IN THE FIELD DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT WING. THE OIL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A PROPELLER GOVERNOR OIL LINE FRACTURE WHERE THE LINE ELBOWS ON THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3256R (4)

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

- [Incident 20150218001499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150218001499I), Feb 18, 2015: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3256R), Pensacola, FL, Minor damage. On approach winds were gusting at 30 knots at 300 on runway 26. Pilot was using heavy left rudder with a slip to the right. At approximately 30 feet altitude…
- [Incident 20011119030739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011119030739I), Nov 19, 2001: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. (-23) Local area pleasure flight with three takeoff and landings. During the last landing pilot stated the aircraft just settled on the nose and skidded to a…
- [Accident 19940901024859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940901024859A), Sep 1, 1994: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Vine Grove, KY, Substantial damage. Landed left main off side of runway wing struck a post. Ground looped, collapsed main gear. Blamed crosswind.
- [Incident 19900207006009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207006009I), Feb 7, 1990: Piper PA28R180 (N3256R), Frankfort, KY, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear and landed with gear retracted.

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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