# Incident 20101111051019I: Piper PA-28-235, Watsonville, CA, November 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2010, 12:18 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9236° N, 121.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watsonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9236&lon=-121.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8608W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8608W-2012-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,113 total, 2,009 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101111051019I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 11, 2010, THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA-28-235, N8608W, DEPARTED SAN LUIS OBISPO AIRPORT (SBP) ENROUTE TO LAKEPORT (1O2).  AT AROUND WATSONVILLE AIRPORT (WVI), IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND LANDED AT WATSONVILLE AIRPORT SAFELY.

## Other reports on N8608W (1)

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

- [Accident 20110120000429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110120000429A), Jan 20, 2011: Piper PA-28-235 (N8608W), San Luis Obispo, CA, Substantial damage. On 01/20/2011 at 1315 PST, Piper cherokee (N8608W) was inbound to the San Luis Obispo regional airport. While on final approach, air traffic control (ATC)…

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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