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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell 112TCA · Deming, NM · March 29, 1978

Date
March 29, 1978 · 18:00 local
Place
Deming, NM
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4679W
Reported as
Rkwell 112TCA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Oil pressure went to zero, engine ruined. Turbo oil return line had broken at a weld joint.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO, ENGINE RUINED. TURBO OIL RETURN LINE HAD BROKEN AT A WELD JOINT.