# Incident 20160213000799I: Piper PA-20, Evansville, TN, February 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2016, 18:15 local time
- Place: Evansville, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0342° N, 89.4217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0342&lon=-89.4217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7653K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7653K-2024-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 27 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160213000799I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED IN CRUISE FLIGHT.  ENGINE HAD A LARGE HOLE IN NOSE SECTION OF ENGINE CASE.  SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS WERE DOCUMENTED.

## Other reports on N7653K (1)

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

- [Accident 20090409004749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090409004749A), Apr 9, 2009: Piper PA20 (N7653K), Wilkes-Barre/S, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he began to get smoke in the cockpit from an unknown source. He had taken off on runway 22 and was approximately 300' above the runway…

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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