# Incident 19900517025739I: Piper PA32300, Hillsboro, OR, May 17, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1990, 21:50 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Starks Twin Oaks Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BMUA
- Location: 45.4285° N, 122.9422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STARK'S TWIN OAKS AIRPARK (7S3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4285&lon=-122.9422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55159, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55159) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,657 total, 574 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900517025739I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT. DECLARED MAY-DAY. LANDED AT AIRPARK. FUEL INJECTOR SERVO HAD A RUPTURED DIAPHRAGM.

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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