# Incident 19810728061909I: Piper PA23250, Jamestown, NY, July 28, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1981, 17:10 local time
- Place: Jamestown, NY
- Airport: Jamestown
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BJUX
- Location: 42.0976° N, 79.2361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamestown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0976&lon=-79.2361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6401Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6401Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810728061909I

## Narrative

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

HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE, ENGINE ROUGH AND WAS SHUT DOWN. FOUND #4 CONNECTING ROD BOLT BROKEN.

## Other reports on N6401Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19830405015539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830405015539I), Apr 5, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N6401Y), Rochester, NY. Tire went flat on rollout. Stopped on runway. Runway block while tire was changed. Pin hole in inner tube.
- [Accident 19780121013629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780121013629A), Jan 21, 1978: Piper PA23 (N6401Y), IL, Substantial damage

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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