# Incident 19960819043559I: Piper PA28161, Sacramento, CA, August 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1996, 19:30 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47749 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960819043559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED HALF MOON BAY, CA ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT DESTINED TO GRASS VALLEY, CA. WHEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE SACRAMENTO AREA THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. HE REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO LAND AT SACRAMENTO (SMF). LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION REVEALED THE NUMBER 1 CYL HAD NO COMPRESSION. PILOT/OWNER HIRED A MECHANIC TO DO THOROUGH ANALYSIS. WHILE AT THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE MECHANIC WE DETECTED THAT THE NUMBER 1 CYLINDER WAS CRACKED NEARLY HALF WAS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CYL BARREL. THERE WAS NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES NOTED. ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED ABOUT 360 HOURS AGO. ALSO DISCUSSION WITH THE OWNER REVEALED HE HAS NOTED HIGHER THAN NORMAL ENGINE TEMPERATURES ALTHOUGH NOT EXCEEDING ANY LIMITS. THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE VERY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES WHILE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT.

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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