# Incident 19791202048279I: Piper PA31350, Toledo, OH, December 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1979, 17:55 local time
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Express
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CBE
- Location: 41.6639° N, 83.5552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6639&lon=-83.5552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66892, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66892-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 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/19791202048279I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER DURING TAKEOFF, ABORTED. RIGHT PROP DAMAGED, DENTED WING. POSSIBLE CRANKSHAFT FAILURE.

## Other reports on N66892 (2)

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

- [Accident 19850517067579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850517067579A), May 17, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N66892), Latrobe, PA, Destroyed. Operator dispatched airplane with HSI slave inop. Shot approach off course and past airport, struck trees.
- [Accident 19780713021359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780713021359A), Jul 13, 1978: Piper PA31T1 (N66892), Baltimore, MD, Substantial damage. Clamp holding exhaust to turbocharger missing.

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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