# Incident 19990411003429I: Piper PA22150, Cypress, TX, April 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1999, 19:15 local time
- Place: Cypress, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9691° N, 95.6972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cypress, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9691&lon=-95.6972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7449D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7449D-2008-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,962 total, 665 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411003429I

## Narrative

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

(-5)WHILE ON CRUISE FLIGTH PLANE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND YAW. PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT A BROKEN EXHAUST VALVE IN #3 CYL.

## Other reports on N7449D (2)

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

- [Incident 19830626034329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830626034329I), Jun 26, 1983: Piper PA22150 (N7449D), Pineland, TX, Minor damage. Engine started with mags off when pilot hand turned prop to clear engine. Aircraft ran into a parked aircraft.
- [Accident 19770220002689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770220002689A), Feb 20, 1977: Piper PA22150 (N7449D), Alma, MI, Substantial damage. Hand propped. Parking brake did not hold.

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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