# Incident 20000304002379I: Piper PA18135, Tomball, TX, March 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0951° N, 95.6197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-95.6197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8180C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8180C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000304002379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF, ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  PILOT RELEASED BANNER AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD 8 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  ON 3-7-00, THE AIRCRAFT AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE INSPECTED.  THE ENGINE FUEL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND THE ENGINE WAS RUN SEVERAL TIMES.  IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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