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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200 · Greenboro, NC · March 4, 2002

Date: March 4, 2002 · 15:40 local
Place: Greenboro, NC
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: X6PA
Aircraft: N94PG
Reported as: Piper PA34200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1E6
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,098 total80 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 4, 2002, approximately 1540 EDT, a seneca PA-34-200 registered to package express, a FAR 135 operator, privacy data omitted was piloted by gary strobel. The aircraft was in flight approximately 5 miles from sanford-lee county brick field (W77) at 5500 feet when the left engine exploded sending the front right cylinder through the cowling. The pilot indicated he went through the engine shutdown/prop feathering procedures and made a forced landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 4, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1540 EDT, A SENECA PA-34-200 REGISTERED TO PACKAGE EXPRESS, A FAR 135 OPERATOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOTED BY GARY STROBEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM SANFORD-LEE COUNTY BRICK FIELD (W77) AT 5500 FEET WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE EXPLODED SENDING THE FRONT RIGHT CYLINDER THROUGH THE COWLING. THE PILOT INDICATED HE WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN/PROP FEATHERING PROCEDURES AND MADE A FORCED LANDING.