# Incident 20040725015819I: Piper PA32260, Rawlings, WY, July 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2004
- Place: Rawlings, WY
- Airport: Rawlings Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7851° N, 107.2247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rawlins, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7851&lon=-107.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3542W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3542W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040725015819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CLIMBING OUT FROM RAWLINS, WY ON A FLIGHT TO HOLLISTER, CA, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS RED LINED. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR EMERGENCY LANDING UNDER PARTIAL ENGINE POWER AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED FOR THE ROUGH RUNNING AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CRANKCASE WAS DAMAGED BY THE CRANKSHAFT AT THE REAR OF THE FRONT THRUST BEARING AREA.

## Other reports on N3542W (1)

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

- [Incident 20050715017569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050715017569I), Jul 15, 2005: Piper PA32260 (N3542W), San Andreas, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot reported that the engine lost power for unknown reasons. The pilot made an emergency landing short of the calaveras county airport without…

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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