# Incident 19930126003249I: Piper PA32300, Oakland, CA, January 26, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1993, 11:53 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32371, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32371-2025-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,121 total, 1,081 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930126003249I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND LOOSE PIPE PLUG FITTING IN FUEL TANK. BLOCK FUEL.

## Other reports on N32371 (1)

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

- [Accident 20250307005209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250307005209A), Mar 7, 2025: Piper PA-32-300 (N32371), Redding, CA, Substantial damage. On 03/07/2025 @ 19:10 local time the aircraft suffered a hard landing on runway 34 at Redding airport (rdd). From examination of the accident scene on…

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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