# Incident 19961109043289I: Piper PA28151, Robstown, TX, November 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1996, 17:15 local time
- Place: Robstown, TX
- Airport: Neuces County Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HKOS
- Location: 27.7940° N, 97.6692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robstown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7940&lon=-97.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8478F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8478F-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 160 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961109043289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 9, 1996, AT 1715 CST A PIPER PA-28-151, N8478F OWNED BY SOUTHWIND AVIATION, INC. SUFFERED AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT MR. HYUNG-WOON KIM HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROWNSVILLE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 9, 1996, AND WAS TO RETURN THERE. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR SOUTHWIND AVIATION, INC. REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SWALLOWED THE EXHAUST VALVE IN THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY SOUTHWIND AVIATION, INC. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8478F (1)

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

- [Accident 19970127000909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970127000909A), Jan 27, 1997: Piper PA28151 (N8478F), Brownsville, TX, Substantial damage. Lost power on approach. Hit tree landing in a field. Fuel tanks were empty.(-23) returning from waco, Texas (4:30) minute flight) the aircraft lost power and…

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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