# Incident 20230418008769I: Piper PA-28-140, Annada, MO, April 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2023, 17:45 local time
- Place: Annada, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2623° N, 90.8287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Annada, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2623&lon=-90.8287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9530W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9530W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230418008769I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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