# Incident 20000828023619I: Piper PA18, Rotterdam, NY, August 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2000, 16:15 local time
- Place: Rotterdam, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7794° N, 73.9601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rotterdam, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7794&lon=-73.9601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3357A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3357A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: CONT C908F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000828023619I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 8/28/2000 AT APPROX. 1615 N3357A, A PIPER PA-18, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE NYS THRUWAY EXIT 25A FOLLOWING SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE. ON 8/31/2000 INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, ENGINE AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS.  BOTH MAGNETOS WERE PREVIOUSLY REMOVED AND UPON INSPECTION EXHIBITED DAMAGE TO THE GEAR TEETH HIGH POINTS, WHICH WERE ROUNDED AND GALLED.  THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE ENGINE CASE HOUSING WERE ALSO DAMAGED.  THE CRANK GEAR HAD 5 OR 6 TEETH MISSING AND THE REMAINING TEETH EXHIBITED DAMAGE SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND ON THE MAGNETO GEARS. THERE WAS SOME GALLING IN THE HOUSING AREA, ADJACENT TO THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR.  INSPECTION OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED THAT AN ENGINE OVERHAUL WAS COMPLETED DURING THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION ON 2/5/2000, WITH AN AIRFRAME TOTAL TIME OF 3611.5 HOURS, AND TACH TIME OF 430.2 HOURS.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AFTT WAS 3636.8 HOURS AND THE TACH TIME WAS 455.5 HOURS, OR 25.3 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL.  ENGINE TOTAL TIME SINCE NEW IS 3418.7 HOURS.

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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