# Accident 20030916023199A: Piper PA28140, Collegedale, TN, September 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2003, 14:20 local time
- Place: Collegedale, TN
- Airport: Collegedale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0444° N, 85.0201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLLEGEDALE MUNI (FGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0444&lon=-85.0201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2301T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2301T) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 40 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030916023199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING AN ENGINE OVERHAUL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR TESTING FOR 1 HOUR. THIS FLIGHT WAS TO MONITOR THE OPERATING AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS IN FLIGHT FOLLOWING THE ENGINE OVERHAUL. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE OIL QUANTITY WAS AT 6 QUARTS BEFORE ENGINE START. WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF DEPARTURE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. AT ABOUT 12 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TIME THE ENGINE SEIZED AND WOULD NOT EVEN WINDMILL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD RATHER THAN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE AIRPORT, BY FLYING OVER A NEIGHBORHOOD FROM 3/4 MILE DISTANCE TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN A ROUGH PASTURE INFLICTING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. UPON RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT THE AIRCRAFT DISPLAYED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL COVERING THE ENTIRE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE OIL MIGRATED FROM THE ENGINE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE NTSB HAS POSSESSION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE. THEY ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A FACTORY REP CONDUCT AN ENGINE TEARDOWN INSPECTION NEXT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE SEIZURE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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