# Incident 20010328008349I: Piper PA25235, Marama, AZ, March 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Marama, AZ
- Airport: El Tiro Sailport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7135Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7135Z-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,297 total, 126 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010328008349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIPER PAWNEE PA-25-235 WAS BEING USED FOR GLIDER TOWING OPERATIONS. THE PILOT HAD DONE 4 TOWS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE.  AT 1400 THE PIPER WAS MAKING ITS 5 TOW OF THE DAY ON RUNWAY 26, AND ON THE TURN FROM CROSSWIND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN TOLD THE SAILPLANE TO RELEASE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NO POWER LANDING ON RUNWAY 08.  THE # 3 CYLINDER HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE COWLING AND A SMALL OIL FIRE ERUPTED.  THE LOST CYLINDER WAS SEARCHED FOR AND COULD NOT BE LOCATED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION AND ALL AD HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH.  THE CYLINDER WERE REPAIRED 80 HOURS PRIOR TO INCIDENT HOWEVER THE ONLY WORK PERFORMED WAS CHROMING OF THE CYLINDERS AND RESEATING THE VALVES.  THE ENGINE HAD 510 SMOH AND 2400 HOURS TT.

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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