# Incident 19780328011399I: Piper PA25235, Aledo, IL, March 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1978, 13:20 local time
- Place: Aledo, IL
- Airport: Mercer Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2487° N, 90.7372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (IL09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2487&lon=-90.7372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6649Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6649Z-1990-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780328011399I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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