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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Aledo, IL · March 28, 1978

Date
March 28, 1978 · 13:20 local
Place
Aledo, IL
Airport
Mercer Co
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6649Z
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total50 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.

Engine quit after lift off due to water in the fuel system.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER LIFT OFF DUE TO WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.