# Incident 20030621019159I: Piper PA28236, Gaylord, MI, June 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0213° N, 84.6818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaylord, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0213&lon=-84.6818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030621019159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THE ENGINE STARTED TO MISS AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. PILOT REDUCED POWER & MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. INSPECTION REVEALED THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER CAME APART WHEN THE TWO HALFS ARE ASSEMBLED. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES.

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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