# Incident 19960522041499I: Piper PA31P, Zuni Pueblo, NM, May 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1996, 17:20 local time
- Place: Zuni Pueblo, NM
- Airport: Black Rock Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0850° N, 108.7883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLACK ROCK (NM1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0850&lon=-108.7883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541E1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960522041499I

## Narrative

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

LOST LEFT ENGINE FL230. DIVERTED TO ZUN. REDUCTION GEAR BOX CAME APART. DISCONNECTED PROP FROM ENGINE.

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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