# Incident 19961218042979I: Piper PA28R201T, Walnut Springs, TX, December 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1996, 22:30 local time
- Place: Walnut Springs, TX
- Airport: Flat Top Ranch Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0614° N, 97.7948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAT TOP RANCH (74TE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0614&lon=-97.7948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9768K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9768K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 817 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218042979I

## Narrative

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

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

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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