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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Bushland, TX · March 12, 2012

Date: March 12, 2012 · 15:45 local
Place: Bushland, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3938W
Reported as: Piper PA-32-260
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 6 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N3938WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260S/N 32-887 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot/mechanic performed maintenance on engine's #5 cylinder valve seat. During course of maintenance removed and reinstalled oil plug. Did not torque plug to proper requirement or apply safety wire to plug. Aircraft departed airport and within 3 minutes of flight propeller oversped with subsequent engine failure. Landed aircraft in barren field. No damage to aircraft other than engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT/MECHANIC PERFORMED MAINTENANCE ON ENGINE'S #5 CYLINDER VALVE SEAT. DURING COURSE OF MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REINSTALLED OIL PLUG. DID NOT TORQUE PLUG TO PROPER REQUIREMENT OR APPLY SAFETY WIRE TO PLUG. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT AND WITHIN 3 MINUTES OF FLIGHT PROPELLER OVERSPED WITH SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. LANDED AIRCRAFT IN BARREN FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN ENGINE FAILURE.

Other reports on N3938W · 1

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

Incident 20170127001569ICruise/Level Flight · Kim, COOn January 27, 2017 at approximately 08:00 mountain standard time (MST), N3938W, a Piper PA-32-260 was in cruise flight at 8500' MSL then had an engine failure. The pilot landed on an adjacent road near Kim Colorado. Weather at the time was visual…Jan 27, 2017 · Minor damage