# Incident 20110930024579I: Piper PA-28-181, Topeka, KS, September 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2011, 16:40 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Forbes Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8110F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8110F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930024579I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION #N8110F, PIPER PA28-181 ARCHER, ENGINE QUIT WHEN FLYING AT 6900'. THE PILOT STATED IT JUST DIED, BUT WAS STILL TURNING. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 2136Z, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT TOPEKA, KANSAS (FOE), AT 2140Z, WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.ON OCTOBER 5, AIRPORT AUTHORITY REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT WILL BE AT FOE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AS NO AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SHOP WAS AVAILABLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT IN STORAGE IN THE HANGAR FACILITY WAITING FOR ENGINE REMOVAL AND REPAIR. ON OCTOBER 19, 2011 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONTACTED TO DETERMINE SUBSEQUENT FINDINGS RELATED TO THE LOSS OF POWER.  HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED, AND ONE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HAD BROKEN.  A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT WILL BE FILED.  ENGINE WILL BE OVERHAULED.

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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