# Incident 19830303013509I: Piper PA28180, Grinnell, IA, March 3, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1983, 23:10 local time
- Place: Grinnell, IA
- Airport: Grinnell
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7099° N, 92.7360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRINNELL RGNL (GGI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7099&lon=-92.7360&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9580J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9580J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 130 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830303013509I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE CLATTER AND LOSS OF POWER. LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT. #2 CYLINDER CONTAINED A BROKEN EXHAUST VALVE.

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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