# Incident 19790423024829I: Piper PA31350, New Cumberland, PA, April 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1979, 19:50 local time
- Place: New Cumberland, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61510, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61510-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 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/19790423024829I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED AND WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN ROD FAILED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. BOLTS NR LW75060 HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N61510 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811207089939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811207089939I), Dec 7, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N61510), Douglas, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft ran out of gas while on final approach. Landed with gear up.

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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