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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Orange, TX · March 12, 1978

Date
March 12, 1978 · 18:45 local
Place
Orange, TX
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3997K
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot became unconscious. Passenger attempted to land, bounced. Pilot awoke, able to make 90 around & land.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO LAND, BOUNCED. PILOT AWOKE, ABLE TO MAKE 90 AROUND & LAND.