# Incident 19960517017869I: Piper PA30, Middletown, PA, May 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1996, 12:50 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 150 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960517017869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE FROM TORONTO, ONTARIO TO DULLES NATIONAL, PILOT LOST LEFT ENGINE. ENGINE WAS SECURED 20 NM NORTH WEST OF WILLIAMSPORT, PA (IPT), PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL. CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE WAS LEFT ENGINE BLOWN CYLINDER. M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED BY OPERATING COMPANY. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N99AR (1)

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

- [Incident 20081012855969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081012855969I), Oct 12, 2008: Piper PA30 (N99AR), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On October 12, 2008 approximatelly 1323 EDT, a Piper PA-30, N99AR, registered to berkshire building services, inc. and piloted by [privacy data omitted],…

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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