# Incident 20000219003579I: Piper PA28140, Oceanside, CA, February 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2000, 14:45 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Airport: Oceanside Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2179° N, 117.3517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Oceanside Municipal Airport (OKB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2179&lon=-117.3517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4291J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4291J) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 140 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000219003579I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE OCEANSIDE (OKB), CA. AIRPORT IN VFR CONDITIONS. ON CLIMBOUT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SEVERE ENGINE ROUGHNESS, AND ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON THE BEACH ADJACENT TO THE OCEANSIDE (OCN) VORTAC.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED ON THE MARINE CORPS BASE AT CAMP PENDLETON, CA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED BY TRUCK BACK TO THE OCEANSIDE (OKB) AIRPORT, WHERE IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUFFERED AN ENGINE CYLINDER VALVE FAILURE.

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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