# Incident 20000124001529I: Piper PA28140, Knott, TX, January 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2000, 23:45 local time
- Place: Knott, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4026° N, 101.6412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knott, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4026&lon=-101.6412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5532U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5532U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000124001529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 45 MINUTES INTO A NIGHT FLIGHT RETURNING TO BIG LAKE TX FROM LUBBOCK TX, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN RUFF.  THE PILOT ADJUSTED THE MISTURE AND THROTTLE, SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND TRIED THE BOOST PUMP BUT NOTHING HELPED.  HE SET HIS TRANSPONDER ON 7700 AND TRANSMITTED ON 121.5 THAT HE WAS MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING 20 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA TX ON HIGHWAY 87.  HE CHECKED THE MAGNETOS BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER TO CONTINUE FLIGHT, SO HE LANDED ON THE SOUTH BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 87 AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE.  THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE DONE TO THE AIRPLANE, INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED THAT THE #4 CYLINDER (LEFT REAR) HAD INTERNAL DAMAGE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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