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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Tule Lake, CA · November 20, 2005

Date
November 20, 2005 · 11:30 local
Place
Tule Lake, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3843T
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
415 total300 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft engine slowly lost oil pressure. The oil pressure dropped substantially below the red line. The pilot declared an emergency with seattle center. The aircraft was landed without incident on highway 139, approximately 21 miles south of Tule Lake.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SLOWLY LOST OIL PRESSURE. THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE RED LINE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SEATTLE CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 139, APPROXIMATELY 21 MILES SOUTH OF TULE LAKE.