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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Akron, OH · March 21, 1978

Date: March 21, 1978 · 12:45 local
Place: Akron, OH
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N8187P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 680 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8187PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3443 · Built 1963 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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 was unable to maintain altitude when engine sputtered. Landed in field. Switched mags and fuel, no help.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WHEN ENGINE SPUTTERED. LANDED IN FIELD. SWITCHED MAGS AND FUEL, NO HELP.