# Incident 19810826068969I: Piper PA28201T, Arriba, CO, August 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Arriba, CO
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2843° N, 103.2740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arriba, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2843&lon=-103.2740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48427, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48427-2014-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826068969I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE. INSPECTION FOUND #2 CONNECTING ROD BROKEN, CRANKCASE BROKEN. MAGNETO INCORRECTLY TIMED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.