# Incident 19790501100049I: Piper PA30, Syracuse, NY, May 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1979, 12:50 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7499Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7499Y-1999-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,000 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/19790501100049I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE & BECAME ROUGH. #2 PISTON HAD A HOLE IN IT FROM A SWALLOWED VALVE.

## Other reports on N7499Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19910307004939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910307004939A), Mar 7, 1991: Piper PA30 (N7499Y), Rancocas, NJ, Substantial damage. Reported left engine surged on liftoff. Aircraft turned into wind. Left wing stalled. Cartwheeled. No engine defect

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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