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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-20 · Evansville, TN · February 13, 2016

Date
February 13, 2016 · 18:15 local
Place
Evansville, TN
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N7653K
Reported as
Piper PA-20
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total27 in this make and model3 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.

Engine failed in cruise flight. Engine had a large hole in nose section of engine case. Several large cracks were documented.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED IN CRUISE FLIGHT. ENGINE HAD A LARGE HOLE IN NOSE SECTION OF ENGINE CASE. SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS WERE DOCUMENTED.

Other reports on N7653K · 1

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