19780120003729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28/ · Streator, IL · January 20, 1978

Date: January 20, 1978 · 11:58 local
Place: Streator, IL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9034J
Reported as: Piper PA28/
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9034JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-3063 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Rough running engine and unable to maintain altitude. Landed in field cylinder broke loose.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. LANDED IN FIELD CYLINDER BROKE LOOSE.