# Incident 19890313021419I: Piper PA34200T, Helena, MT, March 13, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1989, 09:45 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSYA
- Location: 46.6067° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HELENA RGNL (HLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6067&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5412F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5412F-2012-08-20) (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 TSIO360E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890313021419I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. SPARK PLUGS FOULED AND 1 O-RING SPLIT ON FUEL INJECTOR.

## Other reports on N5412F (1)

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

- [Incident 20050405009329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050405009329I), Apr 5, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N5412F), Clarksburg, WV, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed runway 21 at Clarksburg, west Virginia and on roll out the nose gear collapsed.

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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