31.4638° N, 100.4370° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 16, 1983 · 15:30 local
Place
San Angelo, TX
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N80039
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,263 total83 in this make and model50 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.
Experienced power plant failure. Found #1 #2 connecting rods broken.
As the FAA filed it
EXPERIENCED POWER PLANT FAILURE. FOUND #1 #2 CONNECTING RODS BROKEN.