# Incident 19791102056449I: Piper PA34200T, Alma, MI, November 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1979, 01:00 local time
- Place: Alma, MI
- Airport: Gratiot
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3839° N, 84.6517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alma, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3839&lon=-84.6517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4324X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4324X-1990-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 80 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/19791102056449I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED IN FLIGHT, PILOT SHUT IT DOWN. #2 CYLINDER HAD DAMAGED PISTON PN633428 AND RINGS.

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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