# Accident 19910712027389A: Piper PA32RT300T, Hyannis, MA, July 12, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1991, 20:02 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal-Boardman - Pol
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6757° N, 70.2629° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6757&lon=-70.2629&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36272, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36272-1991-12-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910712027389A

## Narrative

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

FUEL INJECTOR LINE NR1 CYLINDER BROKE. INSTALLED MINUS CLAMPS. ENGINE QUIT ON BASE LEG. CRASHED INTO TREES. BURNED.

## 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 NYC91FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA178), Jul 13, 1991: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N36272), Yarmouth, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER FUEL INJECTOR LINE DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING INDUCED BY CORROSION AND PROPAGATED BY CYCLIC LOADING WHICH RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE CORROSION…

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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