# Accident 20100608039619A: Piper PA-28-180, Lucedale, MS, June 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lucedale, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9842° N, 88.4997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9842&lon=-88.4997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5118L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5118L-2012-12-11) (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 PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100608039619A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2001, N5118L, DEPARTED FAIRHOPE, AL, FOR HATTIESBURG, MS (PIB).  PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE FUELED WITH 50 GALLONS TOTAL.  TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, AT 4500 ALTITUDE, THE PILOT NOTICE A VIBRATION IN THE ENGINE.  THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH.  HE SWITCH FUEL TANKS AND CHECKED HIS MAGNETOS DID NOT EFFECT ENGINE PERFORMANCE.  HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURING AND PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLES.  UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, HE LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  THE PILOT FOUND A WATER MELON FIELD AND LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT.  UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR GOT CAUGHT IN THE SOFT GROUND AND NOSED OVER.  THE PILOT GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA306), Jun 8, 2010: Piper PA-28-180 (N5118L), Lucedale, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial separation of the No. 3 cylinder due to improper torquing of the cylinder hold-down bolts by maintenance personnel during installation of the cylinder.

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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