# Incident 20030804019539I: Piper PA28181, Greeley, CO, August 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4374° N, 104.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREELEY-WELD COUNTY (GXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4374&lon=-104.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6271J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6271J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 120 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030804019539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (BJC) BROOMFIELD, CO. ENROUTE TO SIDNEY, NE. WHILE AT CRUISE NEAR (GXY) GREELEY, CO. THE PILOT BEGAN EXPERIENCING SEVERE VIBRATIONS. OIL TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL BUT INSTRUMENTATION INDICATED NO OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT THEN HEADED DIRECTLY TO GXY AND RECEIVED A CLEARANCE FOR A DIRECT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27. WHILE ON APPROACH THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN ALFALFA FIELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETRIEVED BY BEEGLES AIRPORT. THERE WERE TWO OBVIOUS HOLES IN THE ENGINE CASE ADJACENT TO CYLINDER #4.

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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