A luscombe pilot lost oil pressure and landed on a country road near owb.

Attributes
ACN	444755
Time
Date	199907
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : owb.airport
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : phl.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Silvaire Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 9600 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	444755
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : oil pressure / temperature other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Luscombe 8A recently restored (16 hours tt). Owner/pilot only occupant. While on route from oshkosh, wi, to blairsville, GA, landing approach to owensboro landing prechk showed zero oil pressure indicated and +300 degrees of oil temperature. Immediate decision made to depart approach path and select a landing site, on country roadway. Precautionary landing on roadway completed without incident or damage. Temperature en route and at time of oil pressure loss was 100 degrees F at 3000-4000 ft. Total cause not yet determined.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LUSCOMBE PLT LOST OIL PRESSURE AND LANDED ON A COUNTRY ROAD NEAR OWB.

Narrative: LUSCOMBE 8A RECENTLY RESTORED (16 HRS TT). OWNER/PLT ONLY OCCUPANT. WHILE ON RTE FROM OSHKOSH, WI, TO BLAIRSVILLE, GA, LNDG APCH TO OWENSBORO LNDG PRECHK SHOWED ZERO OIL PRESSURE INDICATED AND +300 DEGS OF OIL TEMP. IMMEDIATE DECISION MADE TO DEPART APCH PATH AND SELECT A LNDG SITE, ON COUNTRY ROADWAY. PRECAUTIONARY LNDG ON ROADWAY COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR DAMAGE. TEMP ENRTE AND AT TIME OF OIL PRESSURE LOSS WAS 100 DEGS F AT 3000-4000 FT. TOTAL CAUSE NOT YET DETERMINED.

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.