# Accident 20110716013919A: Piper PA-24-250, Lopez Island, WA, July 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Lopez Island, WA
- Airport: Windsock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5414° N, 122.8872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5414&lon=-122.8872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5532P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5532P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110716013919A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE VFR, FROM ROCHE HARBOR WA. TO LAKE STEVENS, WA. IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2000MSL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE, ACCOMPANIED BY EXTREME VIBRATION AND SMOKE.  PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE ENGINE SEIZED.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT AN AIRSTRIP ON LOPEZ ISLAND, WA. DURING EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE WET GRASS STRIP, THE PILOT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID THE ROADWAY AT THE NORTH END, ELECTED TO INITIATE A GROUND SLIDE BY MAKING A SHARP TURN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE POST WITH THE LEFT WING, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING AND AIRCRAFT. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHARMED.

## 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 WPR11LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA340), Jul 17, 2011: Piper PA-24-250 (N5532P), Lopez, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to a cracked engine case near the rear cylinder.

## Other reports on N5532P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790715020159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715020159I), Jul 15, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N5532P), Bear Creek, GA, Minor damage. Gear could not be extended manually or normally, landed gear up.

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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