# Accident 20061022022669A: Piper PA32R300, Dry Prong, LA, October 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dry Prong, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6089° N, 92.6122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6089&lon=-92.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64GK-2007-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061022022669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED BRANSON MO. WITH FOUR PASSENGERS ONBOARD, OVER RUSTON, LOUISIANA PILOT DETECTED AN OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM, PILOT MONITORED OIL PRESSURE AND NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING RAPIDLY, PILOT WAS SEARCHING AREA TO LAND, AT THIS TIME PILOT WAS AT 3500 FEET AGL, ENGINE QUIT, PILOT FOUND A CLEARING IN THE WOODS, LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE CLEARING, AND ROLLED INTO A WOOD LINE WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD 3 SERIOUS INJURIES, AND ONE FATAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW07FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA007), Oct 22, 2006: Piper PA-32R-300 (N64GK), Dry Prong, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise flight due to oil starvation, resulting in an emergency off-airport forced landing. A factor associated with the accident was the instructor's improper…

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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