# Incident 20200702008519I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Cut Off, LA, July 2, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2020, 08:10 local time
- Place: Cut Off, LA
- Airport: South Lafourche Leonard Miller
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4411° N, 90.2611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH LAFOURCHE LEONARD MILLER JR (GAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4411&lon=-90.2611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 392 total, 323 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200702008519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND MECHANIC WERE PERFORMING ENGINE CYLINDER BREAK IN DUE TO REPLACEMENT DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION. DURING RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  THE PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE LEFT TANK.  ENGINE WOULD IDLE BUT WOULD SPUTTER WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING UNDER PARTIAL POWER AND PILOT DETERMINED HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT.  EMERGENCY RADIO CALLS WERE MADE AND PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A STATE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NNW OF THE AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED AND AIRCREW UNINJURED.

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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