# Incident 19780111002629I: Beech A65, Middletown, PA, January 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7823L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7823L-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A65 (registry code 1152803, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A65
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO480A1E6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 250 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/19780111002629I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE LOST POWER FOUND METAL IN OIL FROM PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED ENGINE.

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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