# Incident 20160329024359I: Piper PA-28R-200, Raleigh, NC, March 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2016, 08:56 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7721° N, 78.6386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raleigh, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7721&lon=-78.6386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54TA-2019-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160329024359I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 5R AT RDU.  THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN OIL CHANGE.  AT 3,500', THE PILOT NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE.  HE CONTACTED RDU APPROACH TO RETURN TO RDU.  HE WAS CLEARED FOR RUNWAY 32 BUT REQUESTED 23L, WHICH HE WAS GIVEN.  HE THEN NOTICED AN ACRID SMELL, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  SOON AFTER THAT HIS ENGINE SEIZED AND HIS PROPELLER STOPPED.  HE REALIZED HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT, AND LANDED ON I-540 NORTH OF RDU.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO WAIT TO EXTEND THE GEAR BECAUSE HE NEEDED ALL GLIDE DISTANCE POSSIBLE TO LAND.  THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT WHEN HE LANDED.  HE LANDED SAFELY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME, THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED DUE TO LOSS OF OIL.  UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WRONG OIL QUICK DRAIN VALVE WAS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT DURING ITS OIL CHANGE.  WHEN THE GEAR RETRACTED, IT CONTACTED THE DRAIN, EXPRESSING IT, RELEASING ALL OF THE OIL FROM THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE ENGINE FAILURE.

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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