# Accident 20040101001299A: Piper PA32R300, Riverside, CA, January 1, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2004, 09:20 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8800° N, 117.2583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8800&lon=-117.2583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N589Q-2004-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,455 total, 600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040101001299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1 JAN, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 0920 HOURS, A PIPER PA-32R-300, N589Q, LOST ENGINE POWER AND FORCE LANDED IN A SOD FIELD IN RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA NEAR MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE. THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED OUT OF OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA AT 0850 AND WAS ENROUTE TO BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA. PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT HE FELT A VIBRATION AND SAW THE ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK FLY OUT OF THE ENGINE COWLING, FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF ENGINE OVERSPEED AND THEN LOST COMPLETE ENGINE POWER. HE PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOD FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX04LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA084), Jan 1, 2004: Piper PA-32R-300 (N589Q), Riverside, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: engine oil exhaustion due to the extrusion of an oil filter converter plate gasket and the failure of the aircraft owner to comply with a mandatory Service Bulletin and a Federal Aviation…

## Other reports on N589Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20000723028899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723028899I), Jul 23, 2000: Piper PA32R300 (N589Q), Port Angeles, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Electrical failure forced return to Port Angeles. A/c landed with right gear and nose partially down. On landing, pilot noticed the nose going down…
- [Incident 19810512054419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810512054419I), May 12, 1981: Piper PA32R300 (N589Q), Hillsville, VA, Minor damage. Generator failed, no electrical power, aux gear system not fully extended. No gear lights to check.

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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