# Incident 19871215076499I: Cessna 340A, West Mifflin, PA, December 15, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1987, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N270LP-1997-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,851 total, 1,102 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871215076499I

## Narrative

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

OIL PRESSURE DROP AND TEMPERATURE RISE. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. FOUND SLUDGE IN THE FITTING 390706. FLUSHED LINE FITTING.

## Other reports on N270LP (1)

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

- [Incident 19960426041299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426041299I), Apr 26, 1996: Cessna 340A (N270LP), Harrison, AR. Aircraft right engine loosing mp. Oil on cowling. Shutdown. Feathered landed. Crankshaft had broken.

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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