# Incident 19960412025039I: Piper PA32300, Chandler, IN, April 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chandler, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: F2MA
- Location: 38.0373° N, 87.3741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0373&lon=-87.3741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6868D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6868D) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960412025039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING AT 4500 FT MSL, PILOT STATED HE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. POWER WAS REGAINED AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. NUMBER TWO CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST TWO FLIGHT HOURS. NUMBER TWO ENGINE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWO FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. WILL CONTACT THE PMI FOR THE 135 OPERATOR.

## Other reports on N6868D (1)

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

- [Accident 20230901015799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230901015799A), Sep 1, 2023: Piper PA-32-300 (N6868D), Cincinnati, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed kluk at approximately 2010 EDT for local flight with return to kluk. At approximately 2030 EDT pilot reported smelling a fuel burn smell and…

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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