# Incident 19990131016649I: Piper PA32300, Belvidere, IL, January 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1999, 17:20 local time
- Place: Belvidere, IL
- Airport: Belvidere Ltd Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2654° N, 88.8878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belvidere, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2654&lon=-88.8878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5481T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 170 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990131016649I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, AND THE PILOT OBSERVED A LOW ENGINE OIL INDICATION. AFTER LANDING AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, THE PILOT OBSERVED A NO OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN.  AN INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE IDENTIFIED THAT AT LEAST I TAPPET FACE HAD BROKEN OFF AND SUSEQUENTLY DAMAGED THE REMAINING TAPPETS.  THE ZERO OIL PRESSURE INDICATION WAS CAUSED BY THE TAPPET MATERIAL BLOCKING THE OIL SCREEN.  ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHAULED BY AN FAA CERTIFICATED REPAIR STATION THAT INSPECTED, RECONDITIONED AND REINSTALLED THE TAPPETS.  OVERHAUL WAS COMPLETED AT 3972 ENGINE HOURS.  ENGINE TOTALTIME WAS 5868 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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