# Incident 20040702022239I: Piper PA28151, Lewistown, PA, July 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2004, 11:15 local time
- Place: Lewistown, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5972° N, 77.5713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewistown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5972&lon=-77.5713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32559, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32559) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 199 total, 150 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040702022239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CH @ 0845 ENROUTE TO LGA UNDER ATC CONTROL. DURING CRUISE IN VICINITY OF LEWISTOWN, PA @ 5500 FEET MSL, PILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH ENGINE OPERATION AND PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT USED ABNORMAL CHECKLIST IN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER ENGINE POWER. ENGINE RPM DECREASED TO 1900 RPM AND STABILIZED AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO PILOT INPUTS. PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN CUT HAY FIELD ADJACENT TO ORT VALLEY RD, GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP, 1 MILE WEST OF LEWISVILLE. PILOT ADVISED ATC UNABLE TO REACH NEAREST AIRPORT (RVL) 6NM TO THE NORTHWEST. DURING APPROACH TO FIELD PILOT EXPERIENCED OIL FUMES IN COCKPIT. LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED TO FOUR (4) OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. FAA INSPECTOR ON SCENE MADE PRELIMINARY AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AND FOUND ENGINE UPPER CRANKCASE AREA PERFORATED BETWEEN #2 AND #4 CYLINDERS, WITH OIL RESIDUE COVERING COWLING AREA. NO OIL QUANTITY WAS INDICATED ON DIPSTICK. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS APPARENT AT THAT TIME. A/C TOWED TO ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ENGINE REMOVED BY LOCAL A&P MECHANIC AND TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT SERVICES, BLOOMSBURG PA (CRS:JM2R) FOR TEARDOWN INSPECTION.

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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