30.4628° N, 91.9835° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Leonville, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 2, 1981 · 07:30 local
Place
Leonville, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3712E
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total400 in this make and model200 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.
Engine failure caused by broken shaft of bindix servo control PN252427310.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY BROKEN SHAFT OF BINDIX SERVO CONTROL PN252427310.