# Incident 19940730029709I: Piper PA28R200, Concord, CA, July 30, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1994, 16:30 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2116T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2116T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C (registry code 41832, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 661 total, 102 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730029709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 30, 1994, AT 1630 LOCAL TIME A PIPER 28R-200, N2116T REGISTERED TO MARK A. SIHON DEVELOPED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE OVER MT. DIABLO, CA. THE P.I.C. NOTICED A VIBRATION DURING CRUISE AND CALLED A "MAYDAY" TO (CCR). THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL DEVELOPING POWER TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LAND AT BUCHANNAN FIELD, CONCORD, CA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE ASEL, ASES AND AMEL. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LVK, CA ON 07-30-94 AT 1530 LOCAL TIME. INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY THE CYLINDER DEPARTED THE ENGINE BLOCK IS ONGOING.

## Other reports on N2116T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910922047369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922047369A), Sep 22, 1991: Piper PA28R200 (N2116T), Lewiston, ID, Substantial damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing roll. No mechanical defects.

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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