FORCED LNDG DUE TO LOSS OF OIL.

Date: 1995-06 · Aircraft: PA-24 Comanche

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FORCED LNDG DUE TO LOSS OF OIL.

Narrative

AT 10 MI W OF MOORHEAD; KY; HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. GPS INDICATED FARMER ARPT I32; MOORHEAD; KY TO BE NEAREST ARPT. PLT WAS ABLE TO RETURN BUT AT APPROX 5 MI OUT THE ENG SHUDDERED -- THE ARPT WAS 2500 FT IN LENGTH -- THE S AREA OF ARPT WAS MOUNTAINS; THE APCH END OF ARPT (RWY 23) WAS A TALL HILL WITH TALL TREES. PLT WAS ABLE TO LAND BUT UNABLE TO COME TO A FULL STOP BEFORE SKIDDING ONTO LOW GRASS WITH A HVY DEW. THE PLANE SKIDDED ACROSS THE GRASS AND STOPPED WITH NOSE PARTIALLY ON THE BACK PORCH OF MOBILE HOME. NO INJURIES. WAS THE SECOND TIME THE MOBILE HOME HAD BEEN HIT BY AIRPLANE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A '59 COMANCHE WHICH WAS DAMAGED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY 'TOTALLED' IT BECAUSE OF ITS AGE. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE FAA CLASSIFIED THIS OCCURRENCE. THERE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE ACFT. THE RPTR SAYS THAT 'SHE WAS NO HELP' IN THIS SIT. THE CAUSE OF THE OIL LOSS WAS A 'DISINTEGRATED PISTON.' THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT 'GPS SAVED HER LIFE' AS IT FOUND THE ONLY AVAILABLE ARPT IN A HILLY; WOODED AREA. THE MOBILE HOME SUFFERED VERY LITTLE DAMAGE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.