# Incident 20211029022439I: Piper PA-30, Allendale, SC, October 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2021, 16:44 local time
- Place: Allendale, SC
- Airport: Allendale County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9951° N, 81.2702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLENDALE COUNTY (AQX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9951&lon=-81.2702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7420Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7420Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,542 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211029022439I

## Narrative

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

1 HOUR INTO FLIGHT AFTER GAS STOP, RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED. FEATHERED ENGINE AND DIVERSION TO CHS WAS REQUESTED.  AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT HOLD ALTITUDE.   DIVERSION TO AQX WAS REQUESTED BUT AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND AIRCRAFT HAD TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD WITH GEAR UP.   PILOT WAS FLYING THROUGH THE AIRSPACE LEVEL AT 080. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING ICING AND NEEDED TO DESCEND TO 060 AND THE ICING WENT AWAY. THE PILOT DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED SHUT DOWN ONE OF HIS ENGINES. THE PILOT THEN NOTIFIED RE THAT HE WANTED TO DEVIATE TO KCHS FOR HIS DESTINATION. THE A/C WAS HANDED OFF TO ZJX ALD SECTOR AND NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION. ALD NOTIFIED THAT THE PILOT WANTED TO GO TO KBNL. CALLED BACK FEW MINUTES LATER ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF ROADS IN THE AREA THAT THE PILOT COULD USE TO LAND ON. PILOT ENDED UP MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.

## Other reports on N7420Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19880811055849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880811055849I), Aug 11, 1988: Piper PA30 (N7420Y), Pittsburgh, PA. Forced landing at Allegheny when the right engine ran out of gas and quit. Left tank had a little over 2 gallons.
- [Accident 19791206037339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206037339A), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA30 (N7420Y), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Landing gear wires damaged by foreign object. Gear would not retract. Cranked gear down. Gear collapsed on landing.

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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