# Incident 19940730038949I: Piper PA31P, Texarkana, AR, July 30, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1994, 10:40 local time
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Airport: Texarkana Municipal Webb Fld
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4537° N, 93.9910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FLD (TXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4537&lon=-93.9910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80HS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80HS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730038949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ADDISON AIRPORT, IN DALLAS, TX IN ROUTE TO COBB COUNTY, GA. DEPARTED DALLAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 ON JULY 30, 1994. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AT AN ALTITUDE OF 15,000 MSL. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1541Z, THE EMERGENCY WAS CAUSED BY THE LOSS OF POWER IN THE RIGHT ENGINE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: NONE TEST AND RESEARCH: INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE RIGHT ENGINE HAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE IN FLIGHT, THE CERTIFICATED PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDED SAFELY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT P/N LW158172 HAD BROKEN BETWEEN #2 & #3 CONNECTING ROD JOURNALS. ENGINE SHOP WILL SUBMIT AN M OR D REPORT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N80HS (2)

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

- [Incident 19931118049589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931118049589I), Nov 18, 1993: Piper PA31P (N80HS), Baton Rouge, LA. Pilot experienced a left main brake failure on rollout. Rab iff rught side of runway.
- [Incident 19811217088489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811217088489I), Dec 17, 1981: Piper PA31P (N80HS), Midland, TX. Flight diverted to get fuel. Burned out bulbs caused unsafe gear down indication. Right engine mixture too rich.

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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