40.1932° N, 76.7626° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 1, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CRAA
Aircraft
N59928
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,620 total996 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.
Emergency landing after loss of oil pressue. Found faulty exhaust bypass valve.
As the FAA filed it
EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER LOSS OF OIL PRESSUE. FOUND FAULTY EXHAUST BYPASS VALVE.