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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Lanai, HI · November 3, 2015

Date
November 3, 2015 · 12:00 local
Place
Lanai, HI
Airport
Lanai
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4933A
Reported as
Piper PA-23-160
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,750 total450 in this make and model60 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.

On November 3, 2015 PIC was at cruiseing altitude when she heard a loud bang from the right side of the aircraft and confirmed one of the cylinder heads had departed the engine and resting on top of the wing. Landed without furthur incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 3, 2015 PIC WAS AT CRUISEING ALTITUDE WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMED ONE OF THE CYLINDER HEADS HAD DEPARTED THE ENGINE AND RESTING ON TOP OF THE WING. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHUR INCIDENT.