# Incident 19920107001179I: Piper PA34200T, Huntington, WV, January 7, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1992, 09:20 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7003C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7003C-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920107001179I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGING IN FLIGHT. SHUT DOWN AND LANDED AT NEARBY AIRPORT. CRANKSHAFT GEAR FAILED.

## Other reports on N7003C (1)

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

- [Incident 20001015031289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001015031289I), Oct 15, 2000: Piper PA34200T (N7003C), London, KY, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot practicing takeoffs and landings at home field. Reports having safe gear down indication on downwind (3-green lights and nose gear visually checked…

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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