# Incident 20000808020859I: Piper PA32RT300, Rockhill, SC, August 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2000, 00:01 local time
- Place: Rockhill, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SX0A
- Location: 34.9249° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Hill, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9249&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N165R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000808020859I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 8-8-00 AT 0001 HOURS, N165R, A PIPER PA32-RT-300, WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM CHARLOTTE, NC TO COLUMIBA, SC. SOUTH OF ROCKHILL, SC THE ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND SUFFERED A CATOSTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DAT^, MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT ON SC HWY 72, 3 MILES NORTH OF INTERSECTION OF SC HWY 901 AND HWY 72 IN ROCKHILL, SC.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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