# Incident 20080630843199I: Piper PA28161, Bridgeport, CT, June 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2008, 20:12 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8081G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8081G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 249 total, 104 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080630843199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/30/2008 AT 2012 EDT AFTER DEPARTING BDR (BRIDGEPORT, CT) FROM RUNWAY 24, N8081G DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 11 AT 2013 EDT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AIRCAFT WAS TOWED TO THE THREE WING FBO.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 250 FEET.  AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY PERSONNEL FROM THIS OFFICE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER TWO CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE JUG RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER.

## Other reports on N8081G (1)

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

- [Accident 20020704015809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020704015809A), Jul 4, 2002: Piper PA28161 (N8081G), Providence, RI, No damage. (-23) While attempting to land rwy 23 7/4/02 at 08:05, a/c bounced twice and veered off the rwy to the left striking two road signs and coming to a rest on…

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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