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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R201T · Los Banos, CA · February 26, 1981

Date
February 26, 1981 · 08:30 local
Place
Los Banos, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3025W
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
620 total250 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.

Enroute engine failed due to connecting rod bolt failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENROUTE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO CONNECTING ROD BOLT FAILURE.