# Incident 19780427013859I: Piper PA31, Cincinnati, OH, April 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1978, 07:27 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COM
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6642L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6642L-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,681 total, 83 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/19780427013859I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED FROM ENGINE IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N6642L (2)

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

- [Accident 19791008037629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008037629A), Oct 8, 1979: Piper PA31 (N6642L), Covington, KY, Destroyed, 7 fatal. Lost right engine on takeoff. Failed to clean up airplane & maintain speed. Overgross wt. Aft CG. Airplane stalled.
- [Incident 19790207004919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790207004919I), Feb 7, 1979: Piper PA31 (N6642L), Covington, KY. Pilot experienced elevator control problems. Found cable off of pulley.

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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