What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Forced landing after engine quit. Cause undetermined.
As the FAA filed it
FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.
FAA incident report · Piper PA28180 · Middletown, CT · January 4, 1978
- Date
- January 4, 1978 · 08:50 local
- Place
- Middletown, CT
- Phase of flight
- Descent
- Operating rules
- Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N5354L
- Reported as
- Piper PA28180
- Reported engine
- Lycoming O360A2A
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 8,000 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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