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Date
November 22, 1998 · 15:12 local
Place
Stephenville, TX
Airport
Clark Field Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4861T
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
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.
(-5)Propeller control cable came loose in flight resulting in loss of propeller pitch control, causing the pilot to declare an inflight emergency and execute a precautionary landing. The descent, approach and landing were normal.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)PROPELLER CONTROL CABLE CAME LOOSE IN FLIGHT RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROPELLER PITCH CONTROL, CAUSING THE PILOT TO DECLARE AN INFLIGHT EMERGENCY AND EXECUTE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE DESCENT, APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL.