# Incident 20251115017559I: Piper PA-28-180, Greenwood, IN, November 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2025, 20:16 local time
- Place: Greenwood, IN
- Airport: Greenwood Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6034° N, 86.1052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenwood, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6034&lon=-86.1052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6616J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6616J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251115017559I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 15, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 2116 EASTERN TIME A PIPER P28A IN CRUISE FLIGHT OVER INDY SOUTH GREENWOOD AIRPORT (HFY) IN GREENWOOD INDIANA, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE LANDING AT HFY. ON FINAL APPROACH TO HFY THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SAFE LANDING WITH NO INJURIES. IT WAS FOUND ON POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION THAT THE ENGINES #3 CYLINDER HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.

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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