# Incident 19801213089109I: Piper PA28161, Hershey, PA, December 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1980, 00:01 local time
- Place: Hershey, PA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2800° N, 76.6443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hershey, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2800&lon=-76.6443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6379C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6379C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 150 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/19801213089109I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND LOSS OF POWER WITH OIL ON WINDSHIELD LED TO UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING.

## Other reports on N6379C (1)

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

- [Incident 19830827062649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827062649I), Aug 27, 1983: Piper PA28161 (N6379C), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Landed too fast. Unable to stop. Ran off depature end of runway. Marginal weather a factor.

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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