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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Albany, NY · January 4, 1978

Date: January 4, 1978 · 10:10 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Co
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3861W
Reported as: Piper PA32260
Reported engine: Lycoming O540E4B5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3861WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260S/N 32-804 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Landed after oil noticed on windshield. Found leak at prop governor.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED AFTER OIL NOTICED ON WINDSHIELD. FOUND LEAK AT PROP GOVERNOR.