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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Annada, MO · April 18, 2023

Date: April 18, 2023 · 17:45 local
Place: Annada, MO
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9530W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 86 total

N9530WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-22958 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot flying one passenger experienced an engine failure. Pilot successfully completed a forced landing in a field. Aircraft rolled to a stop where both pilot and passenger exited the aircraft safely.

The incident investigation revealed minor airframe damage consisting of scratches to the inboard right wing, lower skin panels. The engine #3 cylinder seperated from the engine case and was slammed into the right-side engine cowling. The right-side cowling was bowed outward from the impact of the cylinder. All 4 cylinder retainer boltes were sheared. The case aft of the #3 cylinder was fractured and broken out. The pistion was found at the bottom of the engine cowling with the piston pin broken out and missing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLYING ONE PASSENGER EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO A STOP WHERE BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY.

THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR AIRFRAME DAMAGE CONSISTING OF SCRATCHES TO THE INBOARD RIGHT WING, LOWER SKIN PANELS. THE ENGINE #3 CYLINDER SEPERATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE AND WAS SLAMMED INTO THE RIGHT-SIDE ENGINE COWLING. THE RIGHT-SIDE COWLING WAS BOWED OUTWARD FROM THE IMPACT OF THE CYLINDER. ALL 4 CYLINDER RETAINER BOLTES WERE SHEARED. THE CASE AFT OF THE #3 CYLINDER WAS FRACTURED AND BROKEN OUT. THE PISTION WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWLING WITH THE PISTON PIN BROKEN OUT AND MISSING.