# Incident 19860709065799I: Piper PA28RT201T, Wilmington, OH, July 9, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1986, 08:56 local time
- Place: Wilmington, OH
- Airport: Airborne Airpark
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4294° N, 83.8177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4294&lon=-83.8177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8448B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8448B-2014-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,050 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860709065799I

## Narrative

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

LANDED AFTER LOUD BANG WAS HEARD EN ROUTE. OIL NOTED ON ENGINE COWL. SAFE LANDING. FOUND FAILED CONNECTING ROD.

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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