# Incident 19980303012199I: Piper PA46310P, Cedar Park, TX, March 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1998, 11:23 local time
- Place: Cedar Park, TX
- Airport: Breakaway Park Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5102° N, 97.8186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Park, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5102&lon=-97.8186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 900 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980303012199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 3, 1998, A PIPER, PA-46-310P REGISTRATION N13PC OPERATED BY MR. DAVID LANCASTER EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE PRIOR TO LANDING AT BREAKAWAY AIRPORT, CEDAR PARK, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO FIRE, DAMAGE OR INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A BROKEN PUSH ROD OF #3 CYLINDER. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N13PC (1)

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

- [Accident 20130610010519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130610010519A), Jun 10, 2013: Piper PA-46-310P (N13PC), Bethany, OK, Substantial damage. The pilot was landing with a right crosswind. Upon landing the pilot failed to release the left rudder he was using in the crosswind and the aircraft veered…

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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