# Incident 19960220002249I: Piper PA32300, Pledger, TX, February 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pledger, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N492AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N492AG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 850 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960220002249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NEAREST FIX: ARM 285 DEG 17 NM. PILOT STATEMENT; AT 3500 FT. ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS IMMEDIATELY COVERED WITH OIL. I PICKED A FIELD FOR A LANDING, AND AFTER LANDING I COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME. I TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND I COULD SEE I WAS ABOUT TO HIT A FENCE. I STEERED HARDER ON RIGHT RUDDER, AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SLIDE AND THE FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF. INSPECTOR STATEMENT; INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONNECTING ROD BOLT, P/N 75060 FAILED AT NUMBER THREE CYLINDER, ALLOWING THE CONNECTING ROD TO COME THROUGH THE CASE.

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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