# Incident 19950306009569I: Piper PA34200T, Harrisburg, PA, March 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1995, 14:45 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32755, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32755) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,128 total, 300 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950306009569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMB OUT FROM RUNWAY 12 AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT. THE PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE. AN APPROACH AND LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 26 AT CXY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT CXY REVEALED THE LEFT ENGINE AIR BOX COVER CAME UNFASTENED ALLOWING THE AIR FILTER TO SHIFT, COVERING THE INDUCTION AIR INLET. REINSTALLED AIR BOX COVER AFTER REPLACING WORN FASTENERS. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N32755 (2)

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

- [Incident 19960518018599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518018599I), May 18, 1996: Piper PA34200T (N32755), Harrisburg, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on departure from cxy, as aircraft rotated, aircraft hit 8 seagulls on runway. Examination of aircraft revealed minor damage to right nose section…
- [Incident 19840827052039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840827052039I), Aug 27, 1984: Piper PA34200T (N32755), Longmont, CO, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed as it touched down on the landing roll. Cause not determined.

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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