# Incident 19881219069029I: Piper PA31350, Farmingdale, NY, December 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1988, 19:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EHMA
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27537, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27537-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881219069029I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. LANDED SAFELY. NR3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD CAME LOOSE. MADE HOLE IN ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N27537 (4)

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

- [Incident 20010406006879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010406006879I), Apr 6, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N27537), Casper, WY. (-23) While climbing out at Casper, WY., the engines were pulled back for climb power and the right engine would not respond. A circling approach to the…
- [Incident 19890725041829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890725041829I), Jul 25, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N27537), New York, NY. Right gear indicated not down. Landed without incident. Down lock rod hung up and not activating switch.
- [Incident 19871119081839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871119081839I), Nov 19, 1987: Piper PA31350 (N27537), East Hampton, NY. Struck a deer on the takeoff roll. No damage. Deer was killed.
- [Incident 19810619043079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810619043079I), Jun 19, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N27537), Flushing, NY. Unsafe gear indication during approach. Landed ok.

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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