# Incident 20010607012109I: Piper PA32300, Chafee, ND, June 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chafee, ND
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N207MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N207MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 200 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010607012109I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 7, 2001 AT 1300, A PIPER PA-30-300 ENCOUNTERED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY FAILURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT AT THE #6 ROD JOURNAL DURING CRUISE FLIGHT UNDER VCM. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE SUBSEQUENT OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A PAVED ROAD.  THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERICAL CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FARGO, ND AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N207MA (1)

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

- [Incident 19990212013759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990212013759I), Feb 12, 1999: Piper PA32300 (N207MA), Lexington, MO, Minor damage. (-5)Pilot attempted landing on runway 4 with wind from 280 degrees gusting to 40 knots. He drifted off the runway, did a complete 180 degree turn in the dirt…

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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