# Incident 19780424011329I: Piper PA34200T, Lutz, FL, April 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lutz, FL
- Airport: Tampa Downs
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 28.1407° N, 82.4497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lutz, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1407&lon=-82.4497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5364F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5364F-1990-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 400 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/19780424011329I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARATURE PILOT NOTICED UNEXPLAINED POWER LOSS. ONE ENGINE. SEAL FAILED IN PROP NUB.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.