# Incident 19870408021859I: Piper PA31T, Washington, PA, April 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1987, 18:15 local time
- Place: Washington, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1742° N, 80.2468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1742&lon=-80.2468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N792SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N792SW-1991-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 587 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870408021859I

## Narrative

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

CABIN DEPRESSURIZED EN ROUTE. DESCENDED AND CONTINUED. HEATER COUPLER AND CLAMP HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N792SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19881227066989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881227066989I), Dec 27, 1988: Piper PA31T (N792SW), Pittsburgh, PA. Unable to get gear safe light. Landed without incident. Found rigging problem with left down lock switch.

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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