# Incident 19790930049349I: Piper PA31350, Providence, RI, September 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Providence, RI
- Airport: T.F. Green
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8231° N, 71.4188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Providence, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8231&lon=-71.4188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27191 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 800 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/19790930049349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTICED OIL SEEPING ON ENGINE COWL AND DECREASING OIL PRESSURE. RETURNED. HOLE BURNED IN A PISTON.

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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