# Incident 19980402011649I: Piper PA34200T, Omaha, NE, April 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1998, 19:22 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2581U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2581U-2020-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980402011649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ENROUTE FROM LIBERAL, KS TO FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, MINNEAPOLIS, MN AT 11,000 FEET MSL WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN LOSING MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE DESCENDED, SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION, AND DIVERTED TO OMAHA, NE. THE PILOT STATED THE RIGHT ENGINE #5 CYLINDER ROCKER ARM STUD WAS LOOSE. THE STUD, HELICOIL, AND ROCKER BOX COVER GASKET WERE REPLACED BY THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON ITS FLIGHT THE NEXT DAY.

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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