# Incident 20070421020209I: Piper PA24260, Portsmouth, NH, April 21, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2007, 10:38 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, NH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0606° N, 70.7803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portsmouth, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0606&lon=-70.7803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9259P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9259P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,671 total, 1,671 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070421020209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FLYING FROM 1B9 TO SFM THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AS HE ENTERED PSM AIR SPACE. RADIOING THE PSM ATC HE REPORTED HE HAD A PROBLEM AND WOULD TRY TO MAKE THE PSM AIRPORT WHICH WAS 3 TO 4 MILES AWAY. REALIZING HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT HE CHOSE THE GREENLAND GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE EXCEPT FOR THE APPARENT ENGINE FAILURE EVIDENT BY THE OIL DRIPPING FROM THE COWLING.

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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