# Incident 19810310020009I: Piper PA24260, Manassas, VA, March 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1981
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9184P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9184P-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 900 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/19810310020009I

## Narrative

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

UPON REACHING 1200 FEET ENGINE LOST RPM. PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG AND ENGINE FROZE.

## Other reports on N9184P (1)

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

- [Accident 20190212010139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190212010139A), Feb 12, 2019: Piper PA-24-260 (N9184P), Slaton, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot was returning to home base after a solo cross-country flight. Landing on runway 18 with a right crosswind (winds from 220 at 9 knots) caused the…

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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