# Incident 19991027030409I: Piper PA32301, Kodiak, AK, October 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1999, 15:45 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.8059° N, 152.3738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KODIAK MUNI (KDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.8059&lon=-152.3738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8152Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8152Z-2011-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 99 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991027030409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON RETURN DEADLEG FROM AKHIOK TO KODIAK, ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND MAKE POPPING NOISES. PILOT WAS OVER UGAK BAY AT 7000 FT IN CLEAR SKIES.  PILOT HEARD A PRONOUNCED CLUNK AND NOTICED OIL ACCESS DOOR FLEW OPEN AND LEFT SIDE OF COWLING BUCKLED.  PILOT MAINTAINED PARTIAL POWER UNTIL SHORT FINAL ONTO BEACH ON SALTRY COVE, HE CUT FUEL MIXTURE AND LANDED ON BEACH.  AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED.  UPON INITIAL INSPECTION NO. 2 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM ENGINE.  CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED NO. 2 PISTON HAD SEPARATED FROM CRANKSHAFT.  I FOUND ONE CONNECTING ROD BOLT MISSING.  THE OTHER BOLT WAS STILL IN PLACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                   BOLT WAS NOT FOUND.  BOLT MAY STILL BE INSIDE ENGINE CASE.  AWAITING ENGINE TEAR DOWN TO FIND BOLT FOR FINAL DECISION.  WILL AMEND WHEN TEARDOWN REPORT IS RECOVERED.

## Other reports on N8152Z (4)

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

- [Accident 20110812017859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110812017859A), Aug 12, 2011: Piper PA-32-301 (N8152Z), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot departed adq for maintenance check flight of manifold pressure system. On the approach back to adq pilot attemtped to advance the throttles. This is when…
- [Accident 20080708841589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080708841589A), Jul 8, 2008: Piper PA32301 (N8152Z), Pilot Point, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft attempted takeoff from a dirt road, located approximately 2 miles north of the Pilot Point airport. During the takeoff run the right wingtip…
- [Accident 20050714022729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050714022729A), Jul 14, 2005: Piper PA32301 (N8152Z), Karluk, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing and during rollout, a deer darted out in front of the aircraft. There is heavy brush that borders runway and the pilot said he just saw a…
- [Accident 19841104059949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841104059949A), Nov 4, 1984: Piper PA32301 (N8152Z), Sanger, CA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Departed runway, struck fence, tree and came to rest in a pond.

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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