# Incident 19790123003309I: Piper PA32260, Gillette, WY, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2726° N, 105.4989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gillette, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2726&lon=-105.4989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3546W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3546W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 195 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/19790123003309I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BECAME ROUGH THEN STOPPED. A PISTON ROD HAD PENETRATED THE CRANKCASE, OIL LINE TO COOLER LOOSE. LOST OIL.

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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