# Incident 20000705034309I: Piper PA31350, Binghamton, NY, July 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PFBA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27944, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27944-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000705034309I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 07/05/00 AIRCRAFT N27944, DEPARTING BGM AIRPORT, DURING THE CLIMB OUT AT 10,000 FEET, THE PIC NOTICED A REDUCTION OF POWER IN THE LEFT ENGINE AND THE FO NOTICED OIL STREAMING OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE. AT THAT TIME THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN  AND THE CREW CONTACTED N.Y. CENTER WHO SWITCHED THEM BACK TO BGM APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY.  DURING THE INPSECTION THE #5 CYLINDER HAD A HOLE IN THE PISTON.  THE OWNER SENT A MAINTENANCE CREW TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER.  THE MATTER IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N27944 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000809043421A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809043421A), Aug 9, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N27944), Burlington, NJ, Destroyed, 9 fatal. (-23) N27944, a Piper PA-31-350 and N2225G, a Piper PA-44-180 collided while operating VFR and no air traffic was involved. Both aircraft were destroyed.

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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