20151029023999I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Miramar, FL · October 29, 2015

Date: October 29, 2015 · 03:45 local
Place: Miramar, FL
Airport: North Perry
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: 62HS
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N60LB
Reported as: Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Installation of incorrect oil quick drain valve the nose wheel landing gear strut retracted into the wheel well making contact with the oil quick drain valve pushing the valve in an upward position out of the locked position and the vibration of the engine to turn the value into an open position releasing engine oil causing engine failure and pilots perfroming any emergency landing in grassy field.

As the FAA filed it

INSTALLATION OF INCORRECT OIL QUICK DRAIN VALVE THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR STRUT RETRACTED INTO THE WHEEL WELL MAKING CONTACT WITH THE OIL QUICK DRAIN VALVE PUSHING THE VALVE IN AN UPWARD POSITION OUT OF THE LOCKED POSITION AND THE VIBRATION OF THE ENGINE TO TURN THE VALUE INTO AN OPEN POSITION RELEASING ENGINE OIL CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE AND PILOTS PERFROMING ANY EMERGENCY LANDING IN GRASSY FIELD.