# Incident 20030410019279I: Piper PA32260, Bloomfield, IN, April 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0261° N, 86.9374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomfield, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0261&lon=-86.9374&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3432W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3432W) (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 O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 640 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030410019279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOWER OIL COOLER LINE CAME OFF IN FLIGHT CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING.

## Other reports on N3432W (2)

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

- [Accident 20221016020109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221016020109A), Oct 16, 2022: Piper PA-32-260 (N3432W), Cordova, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On October 16th, 2022 at approximately 1422 hrs, a Piper PA-32, [privacy data omitted] a cherokee-6 operated under part 91 by the named pilot crashed at…
- [Accident 20100808043869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100808043869A), Aug 8, 2010: Piper PA-32-260 (N3432W), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot stated while flying over the knik glacier at 9000FEET MSL clouds were above the aircraft and the terrain was rising faster than the aircraft could…

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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