# Incident 20040425008379I: Piper PA23250, Cortland, NY, April 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2004, 08:34 local time
- Place: Cortland, NY
- Airport: Cortland County/Chase Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5926° N, 76.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORTLAND COUNTY/CHASE FLD (N03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5926&lon=-76.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5693Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5693Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,780 total, 989 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040425008379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 EST, A PIPER PA-23-250, N56934, DEPARTED CANANDAIGUA, NY AIRPORT (D38) ENROUTE TO TURNER FALLS, MA (0B5) ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE IN CRUISE AT 7000', A SLIGHT VIBRATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A FIRE IN THE #2 ENGINE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE #2 ENGINE AND THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO CORTLAND, NY AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. A POST FLIGHT EXAMINATION OF THE DAMAGE REVEALED THAT THE #5 CYLINDER OF THE #2 ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE CASE. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO THE EXHAUST/INTAKE/OIL RETURN SYSTEM AS WELL AS TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING AND WING SKIN OUTBOARD OF THE NACELLE. THE ENGINE WAS RELEASED TO PENN YAN AERO FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND M OR D REPORTING. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5693Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19780206006139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780206006139I), Feb 6, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N5693Y), Lancaster, OH, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control during takeoff, aborted. Ended up in a snowbank

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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