# Incident 19810416034569I: Piper PA28*, San Marcos, CA, April 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Marcos, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.1338° N, 117.1706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Marcos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1338&lon=-117.1706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3836M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3836M-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 75 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/19810416034569I

## Narrative

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

ZA ENGINE RAN ROUGH,FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND NO 3 CYL STUDS FAILED.

## Other reports on N3836M (2)

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

- [Accident 20131016022499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131016022499A), Oct 16, 2013: Piper PA-28R-201 (N3836M), Henderson, NV, Substantial damage. On October 16, 2013, at approximately 14:45 PDT, N3836M, a Piper PA-28R-201, landed on runway 35R at Henderson Executive Airport, NV (khnd) and veered off the…
- [Incident 20011018027449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018027449I), Oct 18, 2001: Piper PA28R201 (N3836M), Jean, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 18, 2001, at approx 2130 PDT, after landing at 0L7, a/c was taxiing south on the taxi way adjacent to terminal building when it struck an…

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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