# Incident 20021101032379I: Piper PA32300, Wilmington, NC, November 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2002, 09:33 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9028K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9028K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021101032379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N9028K A PA-32-300 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY A COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND CO-OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH 2 PASSENGERS WAS ENROUTE FROM NEW BERN, NC TO ST. AUGUSTINE, FL, UNDER TITLE 14 CFR 91. AT APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WEST OF THE WILMINGTON, NC AIRPORT (ILM) AT 4000 FEET THE PILOT NOTICED A DROP IN THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY A LOW OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATION. THE PILOT INFORMED WILMINGTON TOWER OF THE EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED FOR AN IMMEDIATE LANDING, WHILE ON APPROACH FOR THE ILM AIRPORT THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A SEVERE VIBRATION AND THEN CEASED, THE PILOT THEN INFORMED THE TOWER THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AND THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR AREA TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WEST OF THE ILM AIRPORT WITHOUT INJURY OR DAMAGE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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