# Incident 19811223088959I: Piper PA28140, Del Mar, CA, December 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1981, 10:59 local time
- Place: Del Mar, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9629° N, 117.2624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Del Mar, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9629&lon=-117.2624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1252T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1252T-1988-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 40 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811223088959I

## Narrative

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

ZA LANDED ON BEACH WHEN ENGINE RPM DECREASED TO IDLE WHEN #3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE SEPARATED AT STEM. M OR D OUT.

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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