# Incident 20080318014569I: Piper PA23250, Richmond, VA, March 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2008, 11:04 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5052° N, 77.3197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND INTL (RIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5052&lon=-77.3197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54857, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54857) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- 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/20080318014569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT KRIC DUE TO RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND THE RH ENGINE #3 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKCASE. THE CRANKCASE WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF WHERE THE CYLINDER BASE ATTACHES TO THE CASE. ENGINE RECORDS INDICATE THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED 126 HOURS EARLIER AND HAS 31 HOURS SINCE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION. ENGINE WAS SHIPPED TO REPAIR FACILITY FOR EVALUATION AND INSPECTION. (-23 AMENDMENT) EVALUATION AND INSPECTION OF ENGINE PERFORMED IN COORDINATION WITH ENGINE OVERHAUL REPAIR STATION PMI. NO SEPARATION OF THE CYLINDER HEAD TO CYLINDER WAS NOTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF VALVE FAILURE, PUSH ROD FAILURE, OR ROCKER ARM FAILURE. THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT WERE INTACT. ALL OF THE REMAINING CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES WERE INTACT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. THE ENGINE TURNED FREELY. DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PISTON, IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE TO PERFORM A METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. THE NUMBER THREE PISTON PIN AND PLUGS WERE FOUND INTACT. THE SMALL END OF THE CONNECTING ROD WAS FOUND BROKEN AND BENT BACK. DUE TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WEHRE THE ACTUAL FAILURE OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N54857 (3)

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

- [Accident 20180111000659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180111000659A), Jan 11, 2018: Piper PA-23-250 (N54857), Ruby Valley, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On January 11, 2018, about 1800 pacific standard time, a Piper PA-23-250 airplane, N54857, collided with mountainous terrain about 42 miles south of elko,…
- [Incident 19860124008719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860124008719I), Jan 24, 1986: Piper PA23250 (N54857), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the landing gear.
- [Accident 19791111039922A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791111039922A), Nov 11, 1979: Piper PA23250 (N54857), Stamford, CT, Minor damage. Unaware of collision of overtaking company aircraft whose wing hit his right prop. Found prop damage when landed.

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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