# Incident 20020807025629I: Piper PA32R301T, Miami, FL, August 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka West Aprt
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8306E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8306E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- Pilot flight hours: 1,388 total, 350 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020807025629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION AT WES AIR IN OPF, THIS OFFICE FOUND THAT THE ENGINE EXHAUSTED ALL OF THE OIL THROUGH THE HOSE THAT IS BETWEEN THE TURBOCHARGER AND THE BACK OF THE ENGINE. HOSE IS AN AERO QUIP/ASA P/N AE663039HO186, LW 848/83/186, PT-4-89/TELFLON, TSO-C53A, PSI 1500/00624 TYPE D SIZE 8. SMALL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN THE OIL FILTERS AND NO METAL WAS FOUND IN THE PROP GOVERNOR. HOSE WAS DISTORTED BY HEAT AND MECHANICAL CONTACT WHERE THE HOLE WAS LOCATED. CERTIFIED ENGINES OF OPA LOCKA WILL TEAR DOWN THE ENGINE AND SERVICE IT FOR POSSIBLE RETURN TO SERVICE CONDITION.

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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