# Accident 20120403005639A: Piper PA-28R-200, Eastover, SC, April 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2012, 14:02 local time
- Place: Eastover, SC
- Airport: Mc Entire Jngb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9178° N, 80.8003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9178&lon=-80.8003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N961JD-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120403005639A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 3, 2012, AT ABOUT 14:02 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER (PA28R-200) AIRCRAFT, N461JD  OPERATING AS 14 CFR PART 91 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MC ENTIRE JNGB (MMT), AIRPORT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS LANDING WAS  DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE LANDING BEGAN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CAME ACROSS THE RUNWAY, AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LENGTH SIGN MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND STABILATOR.

## 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 ERA12LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA267), Apr 3, 2012: Piper PA-28R-200 (N961JD), Eastover, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate or loss of through bolt preload tension, which resulted in fretting between the engine halves, the subsequent failure of one cylinder through bolt, the loosening of additional 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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