# Incident 19940119002499I: Piper PA28181, Georgetown, TX, January 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1994, 16:00 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Georgetown Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31969, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31969) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940119002499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES, ENGINE RAN VERY ROUGH AND POWER DETERIORATED. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY. FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT WAS DEPLOYED. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT RUNWAY 18, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS WITH NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURY. THERE WAS NO FIRE. LATER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 5 IN. CRACK IN ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. M & D REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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