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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Santa Ana, CA · October 20, 1991

Date
October 20, 1991 · 17:30 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8RG
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,291 total492 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rough running engine in flight. Oil leak covered windshield. Landed safely. NR2 cylinder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE IN FLIGHT. OIL LEAK COVERED WINDSHIELD. LANDED SAFELY. NR2 CYLINDER HAD FAILED.