# Incident 20021008034799I: Piper PA28R180, Labelle, FL, October 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2002, 14:12 local time
- Place: Labelle, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7209° N, 81.4525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaBelle, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7209&lon=-81.4525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7562J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7562J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021008034799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 8, 2002, AT ABOUT 1412 EST A PIPER PA-28R REGISTERED TO SKYSTEAD INC. EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND THE LOSS OF POWER WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUCCESSFUL POWER OFF LANDING ON A ROAD NEAR LABELLE FL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS STUDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NAPLES FL AT ABOUT 1330 EST ON OCTOBER 8, 2002.

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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