# Incident 20160305024499I: Piper PA-28R-180, March 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2016, 10:52 local time
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7654J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7654J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,344 total, 269 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/20160305024499I

## Narrative

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

PROP CONTROL LINKAGE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND ON REMAINING RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED PROP GOVERNOR ARM WAS DISCONNECTED FROM CONTROL CABLE, CAUSED BY AN OVERLY WORN BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY.

MAINTENANCE REPLACED BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY AND CONDUCTED ENGINE RUNUP. ENGINE PARAMETERS ALL MET NORMAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

## Other reports on N7654J (1)

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

- [Incident 19920821035989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920821035989I), Aug 21, 1992: Piper PA28R180 (N7654J), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Propeller struck a taxiway b sign while pilot was taxiing to terminal.

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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