# Incident 20110718014279I: Piper PA-44-180, Blythe, CA, July 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N435PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N435PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110718014279I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE CYL. ATTACH STUDS SHEARED FOR REASONS UNKNOW.  PART HAD MORE THEN 10,000 HOURS IN SERVICE.

## Other reports on N435PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20141128022599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141128022599I), Nov 28, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N435PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Subject aircraft departed ktus @ approimately 20:00. On climb out the crew noticed that the landing gear indicated unsafe (red light). Crew cycled the gear and…
- [Incident 20130905020309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130905020309I), Sep 5, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N435PA), Deer Valley, AZ, Minor damage. On September 5, 2013 while conducting flight instruction in a PA-44-180, N435PA, the pilot attempted a restart of the left engine prior to taxi for departure…

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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