# Incident 19980722037539I: Piper PA31P, Watertown, NY, July 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1998, 08:48 local time
- Place: Watertown, NY
- Airport: Watertown New York International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9733° N, 75.9100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watertown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9733&lon=-75.9100&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGAFG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541E1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980722037539I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE IN ROUTE TO SYR, AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FT, 20 NM NORTH OF WATERTOWN (ART), THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A STRANGE SOUND, (SHORT AND NOT VARY LOUD). THE CO-PILOT THEN OBSERVED THE RT PROPELLER LEAVE THE RT ENGINE. THE PROPELLER WENT UP AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT TOUCH ANY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CREW DECLAIRED AN EMERGENCY TO BOS CENTER AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT ART.

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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