# Incident 19790927050079I: Piper PA31, White Plains, NY, September 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1979, 19:28 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAC
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59769 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2C
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790927050079I

## Narrative

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

HEAVY ENGINE VIBRATION TRACED TO AN ALUMINUM SLIVER IN THE FUEL BLEED NOZZLE. INJECTOR NOZZLE REPLACED.

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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