# Incident 20030224001999I: Piper PA28R200, West Mifflin, PA, February 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2003, 10:10 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3574° N, 79.9056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Mifflin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3574&lon=-79.9056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9493N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9493N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 230 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/20030224001999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N9493N, A PA28, DIVERTED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT (AGC) 1024E DUE TO AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS CAUSING THE INDUCTION SYSTEM TO ICE OVER. THE PILOT SELECTED THE ALTERNATE AIR SOURCE AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. KENNETH SCHELLER, FROM PITTSBURGH FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER, PERFORMED THE MAINTENANCE. MR. SCHELLER STATED THAT THE INDUCTION FILTER WAS COVERED WITH ICE AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE FILTER WAS THAWED AND DRIED THEN REINSTALLED IN THE AIRPLANE. THE ENGINE WAS RUN AND NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE FOUND. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N9493N (1)

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

- [Incident 19940402007339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940402007339I), Apr 2, 1994: Piper PA28R200 (N9493N), Millville, NJ, Minor damage. Unsafe nose gear indication in flight. Returned. Landed nose gear up on grass beside runway. Cowling had come loos

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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