# Incident 20040415010709I: Piper PA32260, Port Lavaca, TX, April 15, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2004, 09:17 local time
- Place: Port Lavaca, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6180° N, 96.6283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Lavaca, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6180&lon=-96.6283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40SA) (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: 3,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040415010709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CLIMBING TO 5200 FEET, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND DEVELOPED AN ENGINE OIL LEAK FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO PERFORM AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR CLIPPED A FENCE PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

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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