# Incident 19971217043329I: Piper PA32RT300T, Tucson, AZ, December 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21018, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971217043329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT & PAX DEPARTED RNWY 11R AT (TUS). AT APPROXIMATELY 400-500 AGL DURING LEFT DOWNWIND TURN, ENGINE MADE LOUD NOISE AND WINDSHIELD BECAME OBSCURED WITH OIL. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND MADE LANDING ON TAXIWAY "A", WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE. ENGINE SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF PISTON PIN. NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANTS OR PILOT.

## Other reports on N21018 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010426012149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426012149I), Apr 26, 2001: Piper PA32RT300T (N21018), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Pell was landing at ump airport late at night and forgot to put his landing gear down. The aircraft received little to no damage. [privacy data…

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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