# Incident 19920519022339I: Piper PA31350, Roanoke, VA, May 19, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1992, 10:30 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BIEA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3521S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3521S-2017-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,832 total, 1,126 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920519022339I

## Narrative

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

OIL FLUCTUATIONS IN RIGHT ENGINE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ROANOKE. FOUND CRACKS IN NR1 CYLINDER HEAD.

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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