# Incident 20011020032649I: Piper PA28140, St. Marys, KS, October 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2001, 10:50 local time
- Place: St. Marys, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1942° N, 96.0642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Marys, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1942&lon=-96.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1818J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1818J) (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 O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 370 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020032649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2001 N1818J ENROUTE FROM TOPEKA (TOP) TO WAMEGO, KS (69K). A LOUD POP WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A DECREASE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF ST. MARYS, KS, SOUTH OF WHITE SANDS ROAD, WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE #3 ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD WAS FOUND SEPARATED FROM THE CYLINDER BARREL (ASSEMBLY P/N AEL65102-4.1/CCST4.1CA) JUST ABOVE THE 3RD COOLING FIN OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE PUSH ROD TUBES FOR THE #3 CYLINDER WERE SEPARATED FROM THE CASE ALLOWING THE TAPPET PLUNGER ASSEMBLY TO EXIT THE ENGINE CASE RESULTING IN THE ENGINE OIL BEING PUMPED OUT OF THE TAPPET BODY.

## Other reports on N1818J (1)

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

- [Accident 20130513008899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130513008899A), May 13, 2013: Piper PA-28-140 (N1818J), Meriden, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting a landing on runway 01 at 81KS with a wind at 170/12 and pilot stated a wind gust pushed the aircraft several hundred feet further down…

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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