# Incident 19830128007869I: Piper PA32301T, El Paso, TX, January 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1983, 17:05 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ANMA
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8175Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8175Z-1993-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,679 total, 1,690 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830128007869I

## Narrative

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

MASSIVE ENGINE FAILURE EN ROUTE. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. OIL COOLER LINE LOOSE. NO OIL IN ENGINE. RODS BROKE CRANKCASE.

## Other reports on N8175Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19920816031979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920816031979A), Aug 16, 1992: Piper PA32301T (N8175Z), Kit Carson, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Flew into thunderstorm. Exceeded design limits. Airframe failed. Prior IFR into thunderstorm areas reported.
- [Incident 19840514046359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840514046359I), May 14, 1984: Piper PA32301T (N8175Z), Alamogordo, NM, Minor damage. Missed the taxiway transition after turning off runway and struck a ditch. Taxi boundaries and exits not lighted.

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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