# Incident 20021013032359I: Piper PA24, Lumberton, NC, October 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NC
- Airport: Lumberton Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6098° N, 79.0595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUMBERTON RGNL (LBT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6098&lon=-79.0595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5653P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5653P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021013032359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO PILOT STATEMENT ON OCTOBER 13, 2002, THE PILOT AND HIS BROTHER DEPARTED LUMBERTON AIRPORT AROUND 1:15 PM, ON RUNWAY 13. THEY CLIMBED TO 1400 FEET. THEY HAD BEEN FLYING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHEN THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH, AT THIS TIME THE PROPELLER SUDDENLY WENT TO MAXIMUM SPEED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST THE PROPELLER SPEED USING THE PROPELLER CONTROL BUT NO RESPONSE. THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATED ZERO PRESSURE. THE PILOT AT THIS TIME LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO 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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