# Incident 20090625011319I: Piper PA31350, Washington, PA, June 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2009, 20:50 local time
- Place: Washington, PA
- Airport: Washington County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Z3OA
- Location: 40.1365° N, 80.2902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASHINGTON COUNTY (AFJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1365&lon=-80.2902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27956, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27956-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20090625011319I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE RIGHT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A DECEASE IN OIL PRESSURE AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE FOLLOWED BY ERRATIC PERFORMANCE.  THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AS A PRECAUTION.  INSPECTION BY THE OPERATOR'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND SIX BROKEN ATTACHMENT STUDS AT THE #3 CYLINDER, THE TWO THROUGH BOLTS ARE INTACT.  INSPECTION FOUND NO CAUSE FOR THE STUDS TO MALFUNCTION; I.E., EXHAUST VALVE STICKING TO VALVE SEAT.

## Other reports on N27956 (2)

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

- [Incident 20040411007129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040411007129I), Apr 11, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N27956), Washington, PA. (-23) On 4/11/2004, N27956, a Piper PA-31-350, was enroute from duboise pa (duj) to Washington pa (afj), when the pilot noticed what appeared to be flames…
- [Incident 19990726018159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990726018159I), Jul 26, 1999: Piper PA31350 (N27956), Billings, MT. (-5)On 07/26/99 at approxiamtely 18:05 MST, aircraft N27956, Piper PA-31-350 was inroute from sheridan, Wyoming to Billings, Montana. The pilot reported that…

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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