# Accident 19880314005289A: Piper PA22108, Dorado, Puerto Rico, March 14, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1988, 18:00 local time
- Place: Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4690° N, 66.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dorado, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4690&lon=-66.2711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5611Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5611Z-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880314005289A

## Narrative

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

PIN HOLES IN MUFFLER BURNED HOLES THROUGH SHROUD WHICH MELTED MAGNETO WIRES,CAUSED LOSS OF POWER. CRASHED IN FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA88LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA126), Mar 14, 1988: Piper PA-22-108 (N5611Z), Dorado, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLT IN NORMAL CRUISE AT AN ALT OF 1000 FT APRX 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ARPT, THE ENG BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND THE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN A CLEARING. THE…

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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