# Incident 19801011073739I: Piper PA32260, Spring Hill, KS, October 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1980, 14:48 local time
- Place: Spring Hill, KS
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7567° N, 94.8210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Hill, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7567&lon=-94.8210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32803 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 190 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/19801011073739I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZW FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. FOUND LOOSE AND DAMAGED CRANKSHAFT GEAR.

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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