PA28 pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and found a disconnected oil line during post flight inspec...

Attributes
ACN	1675011
Time
Date	201908
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAL.Tower
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Oil Line
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

We had just completed 3 touch and goes on runway 27 at lal. On final approach to runway 27 at lal the passenger; a commercially rated pilot; noticed smoke. A few seconds later I noticed the smoke coming into the cabin from the air vents. We informed lakeland tower we had smoke in the cockpit and would be evacuating the aircraft after landing. Since the smoke subsided after landing we taxied off the runway and shut down the aircraft.during post flight inspection we notice oil dripping from the left side of the engine compartment. When we opened the cowling we discovered the oil line was disconnected from the left cylinder closest to the firewall. This was determined to be the source of the smoke.other than the detached oil line there was no damage to the aircraft. We towed the aircraft to the hangar and had the oil return line reattached.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 Pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and found a disconnected oil line during post flight inspection.

Narrative: We had just completed 3 touch and goes on Runway 27 at LAL. On final approach to Runway 27 at LAL the passenger; a commercially rated pilot; noticed smoke. A few seconds later I noticed the smoke coming into the cabin from the air vents. We informed Lakeland tower we had smoke in the cockpit and would be evacuating the aircraft after landing. Since the smoke subsided after landing we taxied off the runway and shut down the aircraft.During post flight inspection we notice oil dripping from the left side of the engine compartment. When we opened the cowling we discovered the oil line was disconnected from the left cylinder closest to the firewall. This was determined to be the source of the smoke.Other than the detached oil line there was no damage to the aircraft. We towed the aircraft to the hangar and had the oil return line reattached.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

PA28 pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and found a disconnected oil line during post flight inspection.