# Incident 20071109825339I: Piper PA28180, Houston, TX, November 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2007, 11:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N197SA) (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 O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071109825339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/09/07 AT APPROX 11:00 AM THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED IWS WEST BOUND ENROUTE TO BRENHAM, TEXAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 FEET ALTITUDE HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS, LOSING OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE RPM. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DETERMINED HIS BEST AREA WAS TO LAND ON PORTER ROAD (NORTH BOUND) JUST WEST OF MASON ROAD AND NORTH OF I-10. HE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. IT APPEARED #2 CYLINDER PISTON ROD CAP HAD CAME OFF AND THE ROD WENT THRU THE ENGINE CASE. PILOT WAS ALONE SUSTAINING NO INJURIES.

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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