# Incident 19860711049049I: Piper PA28161, Mt Pocono, PA, July 11, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1986, 11:45 local time
- Place: Mt Pocono, PA
- Airport: Pocono Mountain Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CDJA
- Location: 41.0894° N, 75.3153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POCONO MOUNTAIN (6PN4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0894&lon=-75.3153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83459, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83459-2013-11-12) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 125 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711049049I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE WITH RPM LOSS. LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT. CYLINDER HAD FAILED INTERNALLY.

## Other reports on N83459 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880229004029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880229004029A), Feb 29, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N83459), West Dover, VT, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway and hit a snowbank. Pilot reported windshear and severe downdraft on final,also rough engine

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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