# Incident 20051120029509I: Piper PA28R180, Tule Lake, CA, November 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Tule Lake, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9535° N, 121.4749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulelake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9535&lon=-121.4749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3843T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3843T-2007-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051120029509I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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