HASTINGS, NY, USA
N32473
PIPER PA-28-140
PLT WAS OCCUPYING RT FRONT SEAT, PAX IN LEFT. PLT STATED HE NOTED ENG OIL PRESS GAGE READING LOW AND, RECALLING PRIOR EMERG LNDG ON GOLF COURSE DUE OIL STARVATION, ELECTED PRECAUTIONARY LNDG ON GOLF COURSE. ACFT OVERSHOT INTENDED APPROACH. PLT INITIATED GO-AROUND BUT COLLIDED WITH TREES (185 FT HEIGHT). INVESTIGATION REVEALED GOLF FAIRWAYS SITUATED IN NARROW RAVINE SURROUNDED BY HIGH TERRAIN ALMOST INPOSSIBLE AS A LNDG SITE.' INSPECTION OF ENG REVEALED NO EVIDENCE MECHANICAL OR THERMAL DISTRESS INDICATIVE OF OIL LOSS. SMALL OIL SPOT FOUND WHERE ACFT FIRST STRUCK GROUND (#4 CYL ROCKER BOX OIL RETURN LINE SEPARATED AT CASE END). NO ABNORMALITIES FOUND IN POWER PLANT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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