# Incident 20070108001019I: Piper PA32R300, Salina, KS, January 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2007, 16:17 local time
- Place: Salina, KS
- Airport: Salina Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DD5A
- Location: 38.7906° N, 97.6522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINA RGNL (SLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7906&lon=-97.6522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88RH) (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 IO540K1A5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070108001019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SLN ENROUTE TO MKC. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT COULD NOT CONTROL THE PROPELLER. ENGINE OIL BEGAN TO COVER THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING ZERO VISIBILITY. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO SLN, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON RWY 17. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND A HOLE IN THE ENGINE CASE ABOVE THE #6 CYLINDER INTAKE LIFTER. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N88RH (1)

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

- [Incident 20050510007749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050510007749I), May 10, 2005: Piper PA32R300 (N88RH), Kansas City, MO. (-23) Aircraft departed will rogers world airport (kokc), Oklahoma city, OK, enroute to Kansas City charles b. wheeler Downtown airport (kmkc), Kansas City,…

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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