# Incident 19780820049369I: Piper PA20, Patchogue, NY, August 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1978, 15:50 local time
- Place: Patchogue, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7637° N, 73.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patchogue, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7637&lon=-73.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7338K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 800 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/19780820049369I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. CAUSE UNDETERMINED. OUT OF ANNUAL, NO ELT IN AIRCRAFT. MEDICAL EXPIRED

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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