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Piper PA-24-180 N8088P

22 May 1987 · Emerado, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 May 1987 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-24-180 registered N8088P was involved in an accident near Emerado, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Emerado, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates
47.9198, -97.3603
Aircraft
Piper PA-24-180
Registration
N8088P
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Valley City → Grand Forks
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN87LA131

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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