# Incident 19790928049769I: Piper PA31, Albany, NY, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 19:50 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9111Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9111Y-1997-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 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/19790928049769I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COWL LOOSE IN FLIGHT. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. COWL HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SECURED.

## Other reports on N9111Y (2)

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

- [Accident 19950806022109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950806022109A), Aug 6, 1995: Piper PA31310 (N9111Y), Boise, ID, Substantial damage. Dual for company pilot. Lost power right engine on climbout. Below VMC. Crash landed. Mixture set too rich prior.
- [Incident 19941202044859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941202044859I), Dec 2, 1994: Piper PA31310 (N9111Y), Boise, ID, Minor damage. Nose wheel found hanging during missed approach. Landing boi feather props. Foamed runway. Leak hydraulic line.

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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