# Incident 19830617040209I: Piper PA32RT300, Casa Grande, AZ, June 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1983, 16:35 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39925 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 10 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617040209I

## Narrative

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

HAD A DECAY IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE. ENGINE RAN ROUGH. PORTION OF THE "O" RING SEAL ON #3 INTAKE PIPE MISSING.

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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