# Incident 20041113031669I: Piper PA28R201T, Selfrige, ND, November 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2004, 20:15 local time
- Place: Selfrige, ND
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N38123, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 248 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113031669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS AT CRUISE WHEN HE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE COWL AREA AND A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED AN ERODED PISTON AND REPLACED CYLINDER AND PISTON. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO HOME BASE, BISMARCK, ND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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