20181229021859I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · San Diego, CA · December 29, 2018

Date: December 29, 2018 · 13:13 local
Place: San Diego, CA
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N8401T
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine: Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N8401TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-8290033 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The CFI and student proceeded to conduct a short field take off, a short field landing, a soft field landing and take off. While flying the pattern on this instructional flight, smoke was reported . The flight was operating in the myf area. The aircraft returned, and upon post flight inspection the engine conpartment was opened to discovered a crack in one of the cylinders. Cylinder was replaced by qualified mechanic. Aircraft returned to service.

Cylinder was overhauled by one stop. Spoke to one stop pmi concerning this cylinder

As the FAA filed it

THE CFI AND STUDENT PROCEEDED TO CONDUCT A SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF, A SHORT FIELD LANDING, A SOFT FIELD LANDING AND TAKE OFF. WHILE FLYING THE PATTERN ON THIS INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, SMOKE WAS REPORTED . THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN THE MYF AREA. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED, AND UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION THE ENGINE CONPARTMENT WAS OPENED TO DISCOVERED A CRACK IN ONE OF THE CYLINDERS. CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BY QUALIFIED MECHANIC. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

CYLINDER WAS OVERHAULED BY ONE STOP. SPOKE TO ONE STOP PMI CONCERNING THIS CYLINDER