N16255
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- March 1, 1988Accident
THE PIPER PA-28 TOOK OFF FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND HE HAD LOST HIS OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE VACUUM PUMP PHYSICALLY MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE REASON FOR ITS BEING MISSING WAS NOT DETERMINED.