# Incident 19800218026699I: Piper PA32300, Providence, RI, February 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1980, 14:20 local time
- Place: Providence, RI
- Airport: T.F.Green
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EJNA
- 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: N44944, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44944) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,350 total, 52 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/19800218026699I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT SWITCHED TANKS. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, ENGINE QUIT. NO CAUSE FOUND.

## Other reports on N44944 (1)

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

- [Incident 20251001019399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251001019399I), Oct 1, 2025: Piper PA-32-300 (N44944), Oakland, MD, Minor damage. While departing ruway 27 at Garrett County Airport (2G4) Oakland, Maryland, the aircraft drifted left and contacted a runway light. Pilot stated the engine…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.