# Accident 19840922050479A: Piper PA23160, Richmond, IN, September 22, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1984, 13:15 local time
- Place: Richmond, IN
- Airport: Richmond
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8201° N, 84.8808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8201&lon=-84.8808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4433P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,349 total, 74 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA398) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840922050479A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE QUIT, RIGHT ENGINE PARTIAL POWER. WATER IN BOTH CARBURETORS. MAGNETO ON RIGHT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI84LA398](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA398), Sep 22, 1984: Piper PA-23-160 (N4433P), Richmond, IN, destroyed

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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