# Incident 19960611024859I: Piper PA38112, Weslaco, TX, June 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Airport: Mid Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1787° N, 97.9740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY INTL (TXW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1787&lon=-97.9740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4327E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4327E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,280 total, 220 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960611024859I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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