# Incident 19910306008659I: Piper PA23, San Antonio, TX, March 6, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1991, 18:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3160P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3160P-1995-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910306008659I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE. TOOK OFF AND RETURNED. ABORTED ON NEXT TRY TO TAKEOFF. TAXIED TO MAINTENANCE.

## Other reports on N3160P (1)

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

- [Incident 19931031046559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931031046559I), Oct 31, 1993: Piper PA23 (N3160P), Plato Center, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear struck raised edge of runway while attempting to turn around. Nose 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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