# Incident 19920406016839I: Piper PA23250, Frederick, MD, April 6, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1992, 14:15 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4170° N, 77.3747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK MUNI (FDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4170&lon=-77.3747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5977Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5977Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,797 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920406016839I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. SINGLE  ENGINE LANDING AT FREDERICK AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N5977Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20140128002069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140128002069I), Jan 28, 2014: Piper PA-23-250 (N5977Y), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. N5977Y departed bur to cma for a company training flight. While training at cma the pilots performed one low approach, then did one touch and go, on the next…

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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