# Incident 20080414847749I: Piper PA32R301T, Valparaiso, IN, April 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2008, 13:13 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4383M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4383M-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080414847749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VPZ AND WAS CLEARED TO FL 110 AT FL 090 THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX. 15E OF OXI. PILOT STATED TO SBN APPROACH HE WANTED TO LAND AT OXI. SBN APPROACH CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO OXI. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT OXI WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION AT OXI SHOWED THAT THE NR 5 CONNECTING ROD HAD DISCONNECTED FROM CRANKSHAFT AND WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH CASE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THIS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A HOT LINE COMPLAINT. MAINTENANCE LOGS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUPPLIED AS OF TODAY. 05/12/2008.

## Other reports on N4383M (1)

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

- [Incident 20110317005549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110317005549I), Mar 17, 2011: Piper PA-32R-301T (N4383M), Rialto, CA, Minor damage. The altenator failed in flight, loss of electrical power, nose landing gear did not full entend. Nose gear retracted on landning roll out, propeller struct the…

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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