# Accident 20060510010779A: Piper PA28180, Hemingway, SC, May 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2006, 18:15 local time
- Place: Hemingway, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7336° N, 79.5217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7336&lon=-79.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15702, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15702-2007-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 397 total, 300 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060510010779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING DESCENT TO MYRTLE BEACH (MYR) AIRPORT FROM 7000' TO 6000' FEET HE HEARD THE ENGINE "POP" AND THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT REVERSED COURSE TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT, HEMINGWAY-STUCKEY (38J). PILOT DESCENDED OVER THE AIRPORT AND CIRCLED TO REDUCE ALTITUDE ONE TIME THEN SET UP FOR AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 11. DURING APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 300' FEET THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD BUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND IMPACTED TERRAIN. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE INDICATED THE NUMBER #3 CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE #3 EXHAUST VALVE FACE HAD FRACTURED. INSPECTION ALSO SHOWED THAT PIECES OF THE #3 EXHAUST VALVE HAD BEEN INGESTED BY THE #2 CYLINDER, DAMAGING BOTH OF ITS SPARK PLUGS. REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE #3 CYLINDER HAD BEEN REPLACED ON 6/25/2000 AT A TACHOMETER TIME OF 4937 HOURS. IT APPEARS THAT THE TIME ON THE #3 CYLINDER WAS 680 HOURS.

## 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 ATL06LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA077), May 10, 2006: Piper PA-28-180 (N15702), Hemmingway, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to a total failure of the No.3 engine cylinder exhaust valve as a result of fatigue from over temperature resulting in a forced landing and collision with trees and the…

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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