# Incident 19961028043189I: Piper PA28R201T, Harlingen, TX, October 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6163H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6163H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 50 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/19961028043189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT DEPARTED MFE FOR LOCAL FLIGHT TO DETERMINE CONDITION OF NEWLY INSTALLED ENGINE. TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY AND FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF HRL. ENGINE APPEARED TO SUFFER SOME TYPE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TO A SAFE LANDING AT HRL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT CAMSHAFT HAD FAILED. REMOVAL OF THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR INDICATED SOME BINDING AND DIFFICULTY IN ROTATING DRIVE SHAFT. UNIT RETURNED TO SHOP FOR DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A BEARING HAD FAILED POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE LOADING AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE CAMSHAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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