# Incident 19871121080739I: Piper PA34200T, Baton Rouge, LA, November 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1987, 11:30 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5330° N, 91.1510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD (BTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5330&lon=-91.1510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8446F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8446F-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871121080739I

## Narrative

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

POWER FAILURE IN RIGHT ENGINE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND FORWARD ROCKER ARM COVER ON NR3 CYLINDER WAS LOOSE.

## Other reports on N8446F (2)

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

- [Accident 20060312003419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060312003419A), Mar 12, 2006: Piper PA34200T (N8446F), Old Bridge, NJ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Returning from fla after a fuel stop at n. myrtle beach, SC, the "private" pilot attempted a VFR arrival and night landing at his base-Old Bridge NJ…
- [Incident 19951226042499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951226042499I), Dec 26, 1995: Piper PA34200T (N8446F), No damage. Wife began taxiing aircraft and ran into a hangar door, damaging both. Pilot not in aircraft.

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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