# Incident 20070606009379I: Piper PA28R200, Baytown, TX, June 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2007, 21:30 local time
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7355° N, 94.9774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baytown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7355&lon=-94.9774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7716C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7716C-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 12 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070606009379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM LA PORTE AIRPORT EASTBOUND TOWARD BEAUMONT, THE PILOT INITIATED A POWER AND AN RPM REDUCTION TO 25" AND 2500 RPM'S, RESPECTIVELY. HE INITIATED A SLIGHT CLIMB AT 1500 FEET, REDUCED MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO 23 INCHES AND ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE RPM TO 2400. THE RPM WOULD NOT REDUCE. HE STARTED REVERSAL OF COURSE TOWARD LA PORTE. HE RE-ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST RPM BY ADVANCING PROPELLER CONTROL TOWARD LOWER PITCH. HE NOW NOTED ENGINE RPM OVERSPEED, BUT THE ENGINE RPM PROMPTLY RETURNED TO 2500 RPM ON ITS OWN WITH THE PITCH CONTROL MOVEMENT STILL PROVING INEFFECTIVE. HE NOTED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS NOW. THE ENGINE COMMENCED SPUTTERING AND PROGRESSIVELY RUNNING ROUGHER AND LARGE MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS WERE NOTED. THE PILOT DECLARED HE NOW EXPERIENCED A VERY ROUGH ENGINE TO ATC AND SELECTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING FIELD. THE ENGINE STOPPED COMPLETELY. THE PILOT COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN OPEN FIELD WITH NO PERSONAL INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N7716C (4)

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

- [Incident 20180710010799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180710010799I), Jul 10, 2018: Piper PA-28R-200 (N7716C), Spring, TX, Minor damage. On approach to landing, the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear. The pilot submitted a incident statement . During the investigation, the pilot could not…
- [Incident 20161015024949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161015024949I), Oct 15, 2016: Piper PA-28R-200 (N7716C), Pearland, TX, No damage. A helicopter (R-22) was practicing steep approaches and maximum performance takeoffs in the traffic pattern . Helicopter pilot had announced that she was…
- [Incident 20080217010849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080217010849I), Feb 17, 2008: Piper PA28R200 (N7716C), La Porte, TX, Minor damage. (-23) PIC declared an emergency, loss of power, made emergency landing on state highway #146, about 1 1/2 miles east of La Porte airport (T41). No damage to…
- [Incident 20000310003679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000310003679I), Mar 10, 2000: Piper PA28R200 (N7716C), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the landing gear. [privacy data omitted]

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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