# Incident 19960508013469I: Piper PA23250, Peoria, IL, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22AM-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 195 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960508013469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 8, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 CDT, N22AM A PIPER PA-23-250, DEPARTED PEORIA, ILLINOIS. DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED OIL STREAMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT AGAIN STATED THAT HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH PEORIA ATCT. A LANDING WAS EXECUTED AT PEORIA WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO REPORTED INJURIES TO ANY PERSONS. INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INDICATED THAT AN OIL LINE FITTING ON THE RETURN LINE FROM THE TURBO CHARGER TO THE ENGINE HAD VIBRATED LOOSE. THE SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED, CHECKED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N22AM (1)

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

- [Accident 20160327002819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160327002819A), Mar 27, 2016: Piper PA-23-250 (N22AM), Brosville, VA, Destroyed. Aircraft enroute from charleston, SC to baltimore, MD. At 6500 AGL, VFR over the top, right engine began running rough and intermittant. Right engine quit 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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