# Accident 19900709025099A: Piper PA32RT300T, Prineville, OR, July 9, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1990, 15:28 local time
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1000° N, 120.6598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1000&lon=-120.6598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30511, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30511-1995-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,750 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900709025099A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED TRAILING SMOKE AND SMOKE FILLED CABIN PRIOR TO CRASH. V BAND THAT COUPLES PIPE TO NR6 CYLINDER MISSING.

## 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 SEA90FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA129), Jul 9, 1990: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N30511), Prineville, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE LEFT INTERMEDIATE EXHAUST PIPE, IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FIRE AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, RESULTING IN IMPAIRMENT OF THE PILOT AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF CONTROL.

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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