# Incident 19981118042809I: Piper PA28R201T, Chambersburg, PA, November 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1998
- Place: Chambersburg, PA
- Airport: Chambersburg Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9314° N, 77.6556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chambersburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9314&lon=-77.6556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6558C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6558C-2002-06-19) (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 TSIO360F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 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/19981118042809I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AIRCRAFT WAS AT 8500' ENROUTE FROM 58M WASHINGTON CITY VIA NEW CASTLE. VFR WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING.  HAD PROPELLER SURGE AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE.  REQUEST ASSISTANCE TO DIVERT TO NEAREST AIRPORT CLEVELAND CENTER DIRECTED HIM TO CHAMBERSBURG AIRPORT.  PILOT STATED TACH DRIVE FAILED ON ENGINE REAR CASE.

## Other reports on N6558C (1)

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

- [Accident 19990519005409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990519005409A), May 19, 1999: Piper PA28R201T (N6558C), Taylor, TX, Substantial damage. (Tty) acft was performing touch and go landings when it clipped power lines and crash landed, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on may 19, 1999, at 2100…

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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