# Incident 20110327004349I: North American T-28B, St. Petersburg, FL, March 27, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2011, 12:35 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209WW-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-28B (registry code 6402506, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T-28B
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-1820 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 90 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110327004349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF AS PART OF THE TROJAN HORSEMEN FLIGHT DEMO TEAM AS ONE OF A FLIGHT OF SIX.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ANNOUNCED ON THE TOWER FREQUENCY THAT THE "CHIP" LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THAT HE BROKE FROM THE FORMATION AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT.  APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ANNOUNCED THAT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATCT CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON ANY RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ADVISED THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36.  WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36, OIL LEAKED FROM THE ENGINE, COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE VIEW FROM THE CANOPY.  BY THE TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE CANOPY, THE AIRCRAFT POSITION WAS EAST OF AND ABEAM THE NUMBERS 36.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THEN COMMITTED TO ENTER A LEFT DOWNWIND AND LAND RUNWAY 18.  WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 210 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE WATER SHORT OF THE APPROACH END ON RUNWAY 18 WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

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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