# Incident 19810424040459I: Piper PA60600, Lititz, PA, April 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1981, 09:15 local time
- Place: Lititz, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8153J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 600 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/19810424040459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTED RISE IN ENGINE TIME AND DROP IN OIL PRESSURE ON RT ENGINE, SHUTDOWN. FOUND CRANKSHAFT BROKEN TWO PLACES

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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