# Incident 19850103005519I: Piper PA28161, Lawrence, MA, January 3, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1985, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lawrence, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7003° N, 71.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrence, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7003&lon=-71.1614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8363H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8363H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850103005519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH ENGINE, RETURNED FOR LANDING. FOUND BROKEN PRIMER LINE.  REPLACED LINE.

## Other reports on N8363H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870804081779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804081779A), Aug 4, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N8363H), Lawrence, MA, Substantial damage. Power loss on climbout. Returned to airport. Left wing tip dragged ground while landing on grass beside runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.