# Incident 20120526018349I: Piper PA-28-140, Corsicana, TX, May 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2012, 14:20 local time
- Place: Corsicana, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0824° N, 96.4667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corsicana, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0824&lon=-96.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6405R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,761 total, 1,325 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120526018349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED INJ, HILLSBORO TX AIRPORT, AFTER FUELING WITH 21 GALLONS 100LL. ENROUTE TO MNE, MINDEN LA. TAKE OFF WAS NORMAL. ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST MOST OF ITS POWER. PILOT TURNED TOWARD NEAREST AIRPORT, CRS CORSICANA TX. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND PILOT DETERMINED AIRPORT WOULD NOT BE REACHED. PILOT SELECTED A LARGE GRASS FIELD, WHERE HE LANDED. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE FIELD, THEREFORE MADE A LEFT TURN, ROLLING THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND INTO AN ADJOINING FIELD WHERE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS, WING LEADING EDGE DENTS AND SKIN PUNCTURE AND DENTED PROPELLER SPINNER AND SCRATHES ON PROPELLER. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE EXTERNAL DISCREPANCIES WITH THE ENGINE. A SAMPLE OF AIRCRAFT FUEL WAS SUMPED AND CHECKED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. HILLSBORO AIRPORT MANAGEMENT WAS CONTACTED AND A FUEL QUALITY CHECK WAS PERFORMED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.6/29/2012 - ENGINE INSPECTED AND FOUND #1 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE FAILED AND BOTH SPARK PLUGS WERE DAMAGE.

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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