# Incident 20241003013649I: Piper PA-28-161, Okechobbee, FL, October 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2024, 09:11 local time
- Place: Okechobbee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: P39S
- Aircraft: N8091R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8091R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 596 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241003013649I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/03/2024 A PA-28-161 WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED FOUR MILES NORTH OF KOBE DUE TO THE NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER VALVE COVER MISSING FIVE OUT OF THE SIX ATTATCHMENT SCREWS. THE LOOSE VALVE COVER ALLOWED THE ROCKER SHAFT TO MIGRATE APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES FOWARD AND RESULTED IN THE EXHAUST VALVE ROCKER ASSEMBLY BECOMING DISCONNECTED.  THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N8091R (1)

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

- [Incident 20200707008589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200707008589I), Jul 7, 2020: Piper PA-28-161 (N8091R), Moore Haven, FL, Minor damage. Part 141 air agency, [privacy data omitted] conducted an instructional flight under part 91, a Piper PA-28-161, N8091R, with two pilots on board (one…

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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