# Incident 19840517028339I: Piper PA30, Lafayette, IN, May 17, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1984, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue Univ
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3995° N, 86.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3995&lon=-86.8628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8327Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8327Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840517028339I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF. FOUND LEFT FUEL TANK CLOGGED. DISTRIBUTOR FUEL LINE RESTRICTED. CONTAMINATION.

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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