<< >> NASA ASRS Report 877791, March 2010

A PA28 instructor pilot in a landing pattern with his student noticed oil on the windshield. After requesting an immediate return to land and while on the downwind the leak became progressively worse.

Attributes
ACN	877791
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
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	Initial Climb
Route In Use	VFR Route
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Oil Distribution
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 3600 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While conducting a training flight; the student and I were practicing touch and go landings. After the first touch and go at around 800 feet MSL I noticed some specks of oil on the windscreen. I requested an immediate landing. The tower then cleared me to land. While in the downwind for runway xx the leak became progressively worse. I then made a short approach and landed uneventfully. I then proceeded to taxi to the ramp of our FBO and shutdown the engine as normal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 Instructor Pilot in a landing pattern with his student noticed oil on the windshield. After requesting an immediate return to land and while on the downwind the leak became progressively worse.

Narrative: While conducting a training flight; the student and I were practicing touch and go landings. After the first touch and go at around 800 feet MSL I noticed some specks of oil on the windscreen. I requested an immediate landing. The Tower then cleared me to land. While in the downwind for Runway XX the leak became progressively worse. I then made a short approach and landed uneventfully. I then proceeded to taxi to the ramp of our FBO and shutdown the engine as normal.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.