# Incident 20020906029199I: Piper PA28140, Oley, PA, September 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Oley, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3898° N, 75.7872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oley, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3898&lon=-75.7872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3981K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3981K) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 325 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906029199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND HE DECIDED TO APPLY CARBURETOR HEAT. ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AT THIS POINT. DURING RESTART ATTEMPTS, WHICH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT AT A NEARBY PRIVATE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE RAN SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY. PRIOR TO ENGINE RUN, FIBERGLASS INSULATION WAS FOUND IN THE DUCTING FROM THE CARBURETOR HEAT MUFF TO THE CARBURETOR. THE INSULATION DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SUCKED INTO THE CARBURETOR. SIGNS OF RODENT ACTIVITY WERE PRESENT IN THE CABIN OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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