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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Franklincounty, NC · February 24, 2002

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Date
February 24, 2002 · 13:48 local
Place
Franklincounty, NC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N808VT
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
N808VTRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-201S/N 28R-7737051 · Built 1977Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft N808VT departed punta gorda FL. (Pgd) en route to annapolis MD. (Anp). After a fuel stop in hilton head island SC. (49J), the engine started to run rough. Unable to maintain altitude, the pilot tim sullivan performed an emergency landing in a field located in franklin county NC. 2.6 miles short of the louisburg airport. The pilot and passenger were not injuried and the aircraft was not damaged. The aircraft was moved to the louisburg airport by rick pahnke (director of maintenance of first in flight aviation). Neil buchanan (mechanic employed by first in flight aviation) accomplished the engine disassembly and inspection. He reported that the #1 intake valve had broken at the stem and dropped into the cylinder causing extensive damage to the #1 piston and cylinder assembly. Additionally, the debris from the #1 intake valve traveled to the #4 cylinder through the intake tube and caused damage to the #4 piston and cylinder assembly. The #2 and #3 cylinders, pistons and valves were not damaged. Review of the aircraft and engine records do not identify any engine discrepancies since the last annual inspection accomplished in October of 2001.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT N808VT DEPARTED PUNTA GORDA FL. (PGD) EN ROUTE TO ANNAPOLIS MD. (ANP). AFTER A FUEL STOP IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC. (49J), THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT TIM SULLIVAN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD LOCATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NC. 2.6 MILES SHORT OF THE LOUISBURG AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE LOUISBURG AIRPORT BY RICK PAHNKE (DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE OF FIRST IN FLIGHT AVIATION). NEIL BUCHANAN (MECHANIC EMPLOYED BY FIRST IN FLIGHT AVIATION) ACCOMPLISHED THE ENGINE DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION. HE REPORTED THAT THE #1 INTAKE VALVE HAD BROKEN AT THE STEM AND DROPPED INTO THE CYLINDER CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE #1 PISTON AND CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEBRIS FROM THE #1 INTAKE VALVE TRAVELED TO THE #4 CYLINDER THROUGH THE INTAKE TUBE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE #4 PISTON AND CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. THE #2 AND #3 CYLINDERS, PISTONS AND VALVES WERE NOT DAMAGED. REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE RECORDS DO NOT IDENTIFY ANY ENGINE DISCREPANCIES SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED IN OCTOBER OF 2001.