# Incident 19780331012199I: Piper PA32/, Sioux Falls, SD, March 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1978, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8800E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32/
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 190 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780331012199I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FALURE DUE TO BROKEN CONNECTING ROD.

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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