# Incident 19960122002289I: Piper PA24180, Upland, CA, January 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Upland, CA
- Airport: Cable Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1116° N, 117.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CABLE (CCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1116&lon=-117.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5114P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5114P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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 PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 450 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/19960122002289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CLIMB OUT AT AROUND FOUR THOUSAND FEET HE STARTED EXPERIENCING SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION AND NOISE. HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE INDICATION WAS NORMAL BUT THAT THE RPM INDICATION WAS VERY ERRATIC. HE SAID HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE POSITION TO NEAR IDLE, TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING AND WITH THE ENGINE AT IDLE HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AFTER REMOVAL OF A CYLINDER REVEALED INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. THE ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 1050 HOURS SINCE ITS LAST MAJOR OVERHAUL AND IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE OWNER WILL SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT AFTER A MORE DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE IS COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO PILOT DEVIATION. THIS INCIDENT IS 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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