33.3734° N, 104.5294° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 19, 1987 · 14:00 local
Place
Roswell, NM
Airport
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N504TC
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A11
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total450 in this make and model40 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.
Torque meter needle fluctuation with hot parts emitting from exhaust pipe of engine en route. Turbine bearing failed
As the FAA filed it
TORQUE METER NEEDLE FLUCTUATION WITH HOT PARTS EMITTING FROM EXHAUST PIPE OF ENGINE EN ROUTE.TURBINE BEARING FAILED