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Pilot of a piper cherokee, PA28-200, landed gear up after declaring an emergency due to loss of engine oil pressure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 403839 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee Arrow IV |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 403839 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : detected after the fact none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : investigated Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Jun/xx/98, PA28-200, XA10L, fll. I was en route from myls (stella maris) in the bahamas, cruising at 10500 ft. Passing mybs (bimini), I noticed that I was losing oil pressure and engine was close to red line. I was on flight following with ZMA and informed them of my situation. As I was holding higher altitude in case engine seized and I could glide to the beach. There was a thunderstorm between the airport and me. I was cleared for runway 9R. At about 3 mi southeast of airport I was entering on the 45 degrees when oil pressure light came on and the propeller was going in and out of pitch, I decided and asked for runway 31. I was scared that the engine would quit and in the confusion forgot to put the gear down. Checklist. Checklist. Checklist. Addendum, the automatic extend mechanism had been overridden by the previous pilot/instructor. This was discovered post-incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A PIPER CHEROKEE, PA28-200, LANDED GEAR UP AFTER DECLARING AN EMER DUE TO LOSS OF ENG OIL PRESSURE.
Narrative: JUN/XX/98, PA28-200, XA10L, FLL. I WAS ENRTE FROM MYLS (STELLA MARIS) IN THE BAHAMAS, CRUISING AT 10500 FT. PASSING MYBS (BIMINI), I NOTICED THAT I WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE AND ENG WAS CLOSE TO RED LINE. I WAS ON FLT FOLLOWING WITH ZMA AND INFORMED THEM OF MY SIT. AS I WAS HOLDING HIGHER ALT IN CASE ENG SEIZED AND I COULD GLIDE TO THE BEACH. THERE WAS A TSTM BTWN THE ARPT AND ME. I WAS CLRED FOR RWY 9R. AT ABOUT 3 MI SE OF ARPT I WAS ENTERING ON THE 45 DEGS WHEN OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE PROP WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF PITCH, I DECIDED AND ASKED FOR RWY 31. I WAS SCARED THAT THE ENG WOULD QUIT AND IN THE CONFUSION FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. CHKLIST. CHKLIST. CHKLIST. ADDENDUM, THE AUTO EXTEND MECHANISM HAD BEEN OVERRIDDEN BY THE PREVIOUS PLT/INSTRUCTOR. THIS WAS DISCOVERED POST-INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.