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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Warwick, RI · June 15, 2012

Date
June 15, 2012 · 16:56 local
Place
Warwick, RI
Airport
Quonset State
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1128Q
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total1,900 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During cruise from mvy to pou, the engine started to vibrate severely then siezed. The pilot diverted to oqu glided and then landed safely with no injuries. The number three cylinder found to be separated from the engine case.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE FROM MVY TO POU, THE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE SEVERELY THEN SIEZED. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO OQU GLIDED AND THEN LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES. THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER FOUND TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE.