# Incident 19901129064039I: Piper PA32R300, Islip, NY, November 29, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1990, 14:59 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6168H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6168H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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 PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,296 total, 336 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901129064039I

## Narrative

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

FUMES IN COCKPIT ON CLIMB. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. FOUND EXHAUST SYSTEM RUPTURED.

## Other reports on N6168H (1)

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

- [Accident 19810222004789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222004789A), Feb 22, 1981: Piper PA32R300 (N6168H), Osborne, KS, Substantial damage. Too fast on 2 attempts. Elected to land on 3rd try. Unable to stop on runway. Ran off end.

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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