# Incident 19900709049209I: Piper PA31P, South Bend, IN, July 9, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1990, 15:20 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88CQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88CQ-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO541*
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,125 total, 110 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900709049209I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE. SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT SOUTH BEND. RIGHT ENGINE CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N88CQ (1)

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

- [Incident 19840627039519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840627039519I), Jun 27, 1984: Piper PA31P (N88CQ), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft hydroplaned and weather vaned due to a wet runway and windshift on landing. Struck a taxiway marker.

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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