# Incident 20061228027329I: Piper PA24, Muscle Shoals, AL, December 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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 PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061228027329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE LEFT HALEYVILLE AIRPORT (1M4) FLEW TO COURTLAND (9A4) AND FUELED UP. HE THEN FLEW NORTH TO TENNESSEE RIVER AND THE ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER. HE THEN HEADED TO MUSCLE SHOALS (MSL) AIRPORT. AT ABOUT 100 FEET FROM RUNWAY 11 HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. AT ABOUT 10 FEET HE TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED IN THE GRASS. AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THE #3 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TUBE FELL OFF AND HAD LODGED INTO THE NOSE GEAR AREA RESULTING IN LANDING GEAR FAILING TO EXTEND. THE MECHANIC WHO RECENTLY OVERHAULED THE ENGINE ADMITTED HE DID NOT PROPERLY TORQUE THE #3 CYLINDER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N180ML (3)

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

- [Incident 20200726011309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200726011309I), Jul 26, 2020: Piper PA-24 (N180ML), Haleyville, AL, Minor damage. Pilot stated he was performing touch and go landings when on the third landing he did not get a green light showing the landing gear down and locked. Pilot…
- [Accident 20180411014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180411014709A), Apr 11, 2018: Piper PA-24 (N180ML), Hayleyville, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed Posey airfield (1M4) from runway (36) practicing touch and go (tgl) maneuvers. Pilot stated that while performing a touch and go maneuver…
- [Incident 20050803019229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050803019229I), Aug 3, 2005: Piper PA24 (N180ML), Lake City, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During normal approach to land pilot attempted to extend gear normally, however, pilot did not get gear down indication. Pilot reported that landing gear…

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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