# Incident 19851021059999I: Piper PA32300, Bethel, AK, October 21, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1985, 13:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32850 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 150 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851021059999I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AS AIRCRAFT NEARED AIRPORT. PRIORITY HANDLING REQUESTED. SAFE LANDING. SUSPECT IGNITION PROBLEM

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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