# Incident 20020304005129I: Piper PA34200, Greenboro, NC, March 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2002, 15:40 local time
- Place: Greenboro, NC
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: X6PA
- Aircraft: N94PG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,098 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020304005129I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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