# Incident 20040223002379I: Piper PA32260, Dwight, IL, February 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2004, 10:05 local time
- Place: Dwight, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1000° N, 88.4220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dwight, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1000&lon=-88.4220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3370W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3370W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 217 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/20040223002379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N3307W WAS ENROUTE FROM THE CRYSTAL MINNESOTA AIRPORT (MIC) TO THE PURDUE UNIV AIRPORT (LAF) AT 7000 FEET WHEN PIC GARRETT RADDOHL EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A NUMBER ONE CONNECTING ROD FAILURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A NON-CONGESTED AREA ON AN UNPAVED ROAD AND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT STRUCK THE RIGHT WING TIP ON A STOP SIGN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO N3077W.

## Other reports on N3370W (1)

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

- [Accident 19810420033819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810420033819A), Apr 20, 1981: Piper PA32* (N3370W), St Ansgar, IA, Minor damage. Blew an engine cylinder en route. Landed in farm field.

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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