# Incident 20171207022809I: Piper PA-24-400, Seymour, TX, December 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2017, 11:25 local time
- Place: Seymour, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5955° N, 99.2581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seymour, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5955&lon=-99.2581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8511P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8511P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,166 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171207022809I

## Narrative

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

DECEMBER 7, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1125 CST, N8511P,  A 1965 PIPER PA-24-400 MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 2070 AND COUNTY ROAD 435 APPROXIMATELY 9.5 MILES SOUTH WEST OF SEYMOUR, TEXAS AIRPORT (60F) THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE PROPELLER OVERSPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SEYMOUR, TX (60F) ON DECEMBER 7, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100.

## Other reports on N8511P (1)

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

- [Incident 20250120000629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250120000629I), Jan 20, 2025: Piper PA-24-400 (N8511P), Georgetown, TX, Minor damage. PIC departed baz in route to gtu. PIC climbed to 6000 asl with autopilot still off. PIC adjusted the manual overhead trim when he heard a pop in the cabin and…

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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