# Incident 20080912849529I: Piper PA34200, Danbury, CT, September 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2008, 13:36 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2930Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2930Y-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080912849529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N2903Y TOOK OFF FROM DANBURY AIRPORT RUNWAY 17 AND CLIMBED TO CRUISE ALTITUDE AND THEN TRIED TO CONTROL RPM OF RIGHT ENGINE AND COULD NOT CONTROL IT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, FLEW BACK TO DANBURY AIRPORT WITH BOTH ENGINES RUNNING TO SHORT FINAL AND THEN FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND SHUT IT DOWN.  LANDED ON RUNWAY 08 WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2930Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20190710009799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190710009799A), Jul 10, 2019: Piper PA-34-200 (N2930Y), Belleville, MI, Substantial damage. Piper seneca N2903Y was substantially damaged during an unsuccessful touch and go (landing to takeoff) at kyip on 07/10/2019 approximate local time of 15:25.…

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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