# Incident 19960316019619I: Piper PA28181, St Cloud, MN, March 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: St Cloud Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5466° N, 94.0599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Saint Cloud Regional Airport (STC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5466&lon=-94.0599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8347C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8347C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 397 total, 45 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960316019619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 03/16/96 AT 1600 CST, N8347C, PA-28-181, REGISTERED TO TRIPLE R D2 JMW CORP., WAS PILOTED BY MARK SHORTER, PRIVATE, NORTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD, MN. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE POWER WAS REDUCED AND A LANDING WAS MADE IN ST. CLOUD. VMC WEATHER PREVAILED. NO FIRE OR INJURIES TO THE TWO PASSENGERS. FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER CFR 14, PART 91, PILOT PROPERLY RATED AND CURRENT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED PROBABLE CAUSE A VALVE STUCK. CYLINDER EXCESSIVELY DAMAGED, NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION. NO ADS APPLY. STC AVIATION TO SUBMIT M OR D REPORT. ENGINE TT 1721 HOURS - WITHIN 300 HOURS OF RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL. NO REPORTED MALFUNCTIONS OR MAINTENANCE RECORD ENTRIES. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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