# Incident 19810222014579I: Piper PA28140, Monroeville, PA, February 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Monroeville, PA
- Airport: Boyce Park
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4263° N, 79.7614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroeville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4263&lon=-79.7614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5990W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5990W-2013-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 100 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/19810222014579I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND RUN ROUGH. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. OIL FILTER SHOWED METAL.

## Other reports on N5990W (1)

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

- [Incident 19871018064329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871018064329I), Oct 18, 1987: Piper PA28140 (N5990W), Connellsville, PA, Minor damage. Engine started with hand propping. Tie down rope to tail broke. Aircraft taxied unoccupied into a hangar.

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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