# Incident 20130117000559I: Piper PA-28-180, Oroville, CA, January 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2013, 07:56 local time
- Place: Oroville, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4952° N, 121.5599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oroville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4952&lon=-121.5599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9554J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9554J-2015-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130117000559I

## Narrative

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

WHILE THE PIPER CHEROKEE WAS CLIMBING TO CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH THEN STARTED TO VIBRATE SEVERELY.  MOMENTS LATER THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG, SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASING OIL OUT OF THE COWLING AND ONTO THE WINDSHIELD.  A RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED THE PROPELLER WOULD NOT ROTATE.  THE PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDED ON A REMOTE MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAY AND TAXIED INTO A LARGE OPEN AREA OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY.

## Other reports on N9554J (1)

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

- [Incident 19900720027769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900720027769I), Jul 20, 1990: Piper PA28180 (N9554J), Moberly, MO, Minor damage. Unable to accelerate to liftoff speed. Aborted. Ran off end of runway into bushes.

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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