# Incident 20010519012909I: Piper PA28140, Bowling Green, MO, May 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, MO
- Airport: Bowling Green Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3707° N, 91.2203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWLING GREEN MUNI (H19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3707&lon=-91.2203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8721N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8721N) (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*
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 240 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010519012909I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING NORMAL CRUISE CLIMB PILOT HEARD SLIGHT "HISSING" SOUND VICINITY OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF FUMES AND THE SIGHTING OF SMOKE FROM THE AIRCRAFT DEFROSTER SYSTEM.  NO PHYSICAL INDICATION OF A FIRE WAS NOTICED.  PILOT DID NOT NOTICE ANY LOSS OF AVAILABLE ENGINE POWER AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE ENGINE CYLINDER.  THE TWO BOLTS SECURING THE MANIFOLD TO THE CYLINDER WERE MISSING,  ADDITIONALLY, THE EXHAUST STACK WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE MUFFLER WAS HANGING LOOSELY BELOW THE MUFFLER.

## Other reports on N8721N (1)

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

- [Accident 19730629019099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730629019099A), Jun 29, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N8721N), Minot, ND, Substantial damage. Abt half way dwn rwy pulled nose too high acft veered l hit fence and trees.

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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