- Date
- May 22, 1987, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Emerado, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8088PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870522015799A
- Case key
- 17230
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The commercial plt was en route on a personal flt. Thirteen miles from his destination, he smelled oil fumes and the cabin filled with oil smoke. The engine oil pressure dropped to zero. The plt shut down the engine, ventilated the cabin, and declared an emergency to the destination tower, gfk, giving his location and intentions. The plt selected a paved county road for the forced landing. Just prior to touchdown, the plt selected 'gear down.' The acft was too low to complete the gear extension and at touchdown, the gear collapsed. A post accident investigation revealed a broken oil line which had emptied the engine oil supply.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8088P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3336
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Absey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 1986 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- 6D8 · Valley City, ND
- Destination
- GFK · Grand Forks, ND
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 800 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8088P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.