# Incident 19991227037839I: Piper PA28180, Borger, TX, December 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1999, 11:04 local time
- Place: Borger, TX
- Airport: Hutchinson County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7009° N, 101.3937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON COUNTY (BGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7009&lon=-101.3937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2509R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2509R) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991227037839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1104 AM LOCAL TIME DURING A VFR FLIGHT TO DODGE CITY KS THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH AMARILLO APPROACH CONTROL AND WAS VECTORED TO BORGER, TX, WHERE HE LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.  THE ENGINE WS RNNING ROUGH: CHANGES IN THROTTLE, MIXTURE AND MAGNETO SETTINGS WOULD NOT IMPROVE IT'S PERFORMANCE.  INSPECTION ON THE GROUND REVEALED VALVE TRAIN DAMAGE.  THE HIGH TIME ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO TULSA OK FOR OVERHAUL.

## Other reports on N2509R (1)

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

- [Incident 19911014052239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911014052239I), Oct 14, 1991: Piper PA28180 (N2509R), Earth, TX. Alternator failed in flight. Precautionary landing on highway. Landed safely.

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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