# Incident 20051212028529I: Piper PA34200, Avoca, PA, December 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2005, 08:55 local time
- Place: Avoca, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NAHA
- Location: 41.3382° N, 75.7422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avoca, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3382&lon=-75.7422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1533E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1533E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051212028529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE) TO WILLIAMSPORT, PA (IPT), THE PILOT OBSERVED A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL SEEPING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING. THE AIRMAN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE, AND LANDED IN AVOCA, PA (AVP). FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE IMC WITH LIGHT RIME ICE, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N1533E (2)

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

- [Incident 20100212029229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100212029229I), Feb 12, 2010: Piper PA-34200 (N1533E), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. Taxing for departure on training flight. During taxi noted acrid smell in aircraft after heater was turned on. Just prior to reaching ground control line,…
- [Incident 19990520015279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990520015279I), May 20, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N1533E), Reading, PA, Minor damage. After landing on runway 36 the nose gear collapsed and the engines abruptly stopped. The aircraft skidded for several hundred yards. The pilot used…

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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