# Incident 19830215013549I: Piper PA34200, Middletown, PA, February 15, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1983, 11:10 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N5297T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5297T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830215013549I

## Narrative

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

DUE TO LEFT ENGINE SURGE RPM. PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED. FOUND CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN AT #4 CRANK JOURNAL.

## Other reports on N5297T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19751218040269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751218040269A), Dec 18, 1975: Piper PA34200 (N5297T), Troy, MI, Substantial damage

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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