# Incident 20010529017449I: Piper PA32300, Boalsburg, PA, May 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Boalsburg, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7780° N, 77.7744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boalsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7780&lon=-77.7744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N232CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N232CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010529017449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIPER PA-32-300, WAS ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM (HGR) HAGERSTOWN, MD TO (N96) BELLEFONTE, PA WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER SUDDENLY AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE ENGINE THEN QUIT AND BOTH CERTIFICATED PILOTS ON BOARD COMPLETED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING INTO A FARM WHEAT FIELD IN BOALSBURG, PA.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVED TO THE LEFT LOWER LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND LEFT WING FLAP BRACKET.  NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE TWO PILOTS ON BOARD.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED INTERNALLY, CRACKING BOTH CASE HALVES  IN THE AREA OF THE #5 CONNECTING ROD.  AN ENGINE DISASSEMBLY INSPECTION OAT TEXTRON LYCOMIG IN WILLIAMSPORT, PA WAS PLANNED TO DETERMINE THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE 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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