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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Weslaco, TX · June 11, 1996

Date
June 11, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place
Weslaco, TX
Airport
Mid Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4327E
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,280 total220 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: during cruise, on a flight instruction flight, engine lost oil pressure. An emergency procedure was initiated and the aircraft landed at the Weslaco, Mid Valley Airport, with no further damage to aircraft. No NMAC or pilot deviation reported. No fire. M or d submitted. Oil pressure sending unit nipple (AN911-1) broke.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING CRUISE, ON A FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FLIGHT, ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WAS INITIATED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE WESLACO, MID VALLEY AIRPORT, WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED. NO FIRE. M OR D SUBMITTED. OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT NIPPLE (AN911-1) BROKE.