# Incident 19951018032969I: Piper PA31350, Far Rockaway, NY, October 18, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1995, 20:55 local time
- Place: Far Rockaway, NY
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECAA
- Location: 40.6054° N, 73.7551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Far Rockaway, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6054&lon=-73.7551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711EX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711EX-2012-09-21) (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 TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,136 total, 90 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951018032969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOUD BANG AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE NBR 1 ENGINE WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 3300 FT AGL. LOUD BANG WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH A YAW EFFECT WHICH WAS DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO DIVERT TO JFK. FLIGHT CREW DITCHED AIRCRAFT APPROX. 6 MILES SOUTH OF JFK AIRPORT. ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED ACFT AND ACFT SANK. ALL PERSONS WERE RESCUED BY USCG/NYPD. 1 PAX SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AFTER BEING PULLED OUT OF WATER. NTSB ACCIDENT #NYC96FA0112.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA012), Oct 19, 1995: Piper PA-31-350 (N711EX), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a total loss of left engine power as a result of an in-flight separation of the #2 cylinder. The cylinder separated due to high stress fatigue cracking of the cylinder hold down studs and the #3 main…

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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