# Incident 20130720013549I: Piper PA-34-200T, Wise, VA, July 20, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Wise, VA
- Airport: Lonesome Pine Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9876° N, 82.5298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONESOME PINE (LNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9876&lon=-82.5298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1555X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1555X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130720013549I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 20, 2013 AT 1230PM LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT IN CHARGE, BRAD VANPELT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 11500 FEET AND NOTICED A VISIBLE OIL LEAK FROM RIGHT ENGINE COWL. HE PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT PROCEDURE AND LANDED SAFELY AT LONESOME PINE AIRPORT, VA. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED TO ATC. UPON OPENING THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL, HE FOUND TWO TOOLS LAYING ON TOP OF THE OIL COOLER THAT HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE OIL COOLER, ALLOWING OIL TO ESCAPE.

## Other reports on N1555X (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110118000849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110118000849I), Jan 18, 2011: Piper PA-34-200T (N1555X), Coldwater, MI, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Inadvertently/incorrectly installed the nose gear centering spring assembly attachment hardware bolt and retaining nut (404 322,…
- [Accident 19880310011659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880310011659A), Mar 10, 1988: Piper PA34200T (N1555X), Lower Lake, CA, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear collapsed on landing. Trunnion had broken into 3 pieces. Service bulletin not performed.

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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