# Incident 19980325011919I: Piper PA38112, Dallas, TX, March 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1998, 12:15 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2566B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2566B-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 272 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325011919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED REDBIRD AIRPORT AND COMMENCED CLIMB OUT TO 1800'. PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED AN RPM DROP AND FELT VIBRATION. ENGINE EXPERIENCED SEVERE DROP IN RPM AND LOSS OF POWER. ENGINE THEN QUIT BUT DID NOT SEIZE, PROP CONTINUED TO TURN. PIC PERFORMED A POWER OFF LANDING IN MEDIAN OF I-20, 1/2 MILE EAST OF HAMPTON RD. EXIT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROX. 21/2 MILES SOUTH OF REDBIRD AIRPORT. WX NOT A FACTOR, WINDS SOUTH APPROX. 15 KNOTS. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE. ENGINE #2 CYL. DAMAGED CRANKCASE.

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