# Incident 19880821046249I: Piper PA32260, Pueblo, CO, August 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1988, 16:05 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1246T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1246T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 170 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821046249I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT LANDED IN OPEN AREA SHORT OF RUNWAY. FOUND A SHEARED CRANKSHAFT.

## Other reports on N1246T (1)

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

- [Accident 19880127001479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127001479A), Jan 27, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N1246T), Falcon, CO, Substantial damage. Drifted left of runway on approach. Gear hit a snowdrift. Aborted. Skidded left on second try. Wing hit snowbank.

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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