# Incident 19980818037029I: Piper PA28180, St John, KS, August 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: St John, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0000° N, 98.7611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. John, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0000&lon=-98.7611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33679, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33679) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 200 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/19980818037029I

## Narrative

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

(-5) N33679, A PIPER 28-180, DEPARTED MCPHERSON, KANSAS WITH PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER AND PROCEEDED FOR A FLIGHT TO SUBLETT, KANSAS. DURING CRUISE AT 4500', ENGINE RPM DROPPED FROM 2500 TO 1800 AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND. PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD ONE MILE WEST OF ST.JOHN, KANSAS. DURING APPROACH, THE LEFT AILERON LOWER TRAILING EDGE STRUCK THE TOP OF A FENCE POST CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE NO.1 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HAD FAILED.

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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