# Incident 19961124040079I: Piper PA28R200, Ogden, UT, November 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1996, 12:45 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2284° N, 111.9681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ogden, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2284&lon=-111.9681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4830T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 80 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961124040079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 23, 1996 AT 1245 MDT, A PIPER PA-28R-200, PILOTED BY JOSEPH NAVITSKIS EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE DURING CLIMBOUT FROM OGDEN AIRPORT. CLIMBING TO 6500 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE RPM RACED FROM 2500 TO 3000, THEN BACK TO 2500. ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL ENGINE SPEED WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE STUDENT PILOT, STEVE WILSON, NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS AT ZERO. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. AT 500 FEET AGL THE MIXTURE AND FUEL VALVE WAS SHUT OFF. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. OGDEN AIRPORT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE OGDEN VOR. THE COWLING WAS REMOVED TO REVEAL BOTH CASE HALVES WERE CRACKED ON THE TOP SIDE. THE ENGINE IS A LYCOMING IO-360-C1C, S/N L-23072-51A, WITH APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS. M & D REPORT IS IN PROCESS, ENGINE SHIPPED TO LYCOMING FOR INSPECTION. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

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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