# Incident 19840510024519I: Piper PA36285, Metropolis, IL, May 10, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1984, 19:00 local time
- Place: Metropolis, IL
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.1496° N, 88.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metropolis, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1496&lon=-88.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57760 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: CONT 6285C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840510024519I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT. EMERGENCY LANDING. NUTS HOLDING THE BENDIX DUAL MAGNETO HAD BACKED OFF. MAGNETO FELL OFF.

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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