19961218042979I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Walnut Springs, TX · December 18, 1996

Date
December 18, 1996 · 22:30 local
Place
Walnut Springs, TX
Airport
Flat Top Ranch Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9768K
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total817 in this make and model15 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.

Rough engine en route. Loud bang oil loss. Engine quit. Came out clouds and landed. Vectored descent to airport.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE EN ROUTE. LOUD BANG OIL LOSS. ENGINE QUIT. CAME OUT CLOUDS AND LANDED. VECTORED DESCENT TO AIRPORT.