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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32R300 · Liberty, TX · April 1, 1978

Date
April 1, 1978 · 13:00 local
Place
Liberty, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5977F
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,620 total100 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.

Forced landing (gear up) after engine faled. Found magneto binding internally.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING (GEAR UP) AFTER ENGINE FALED. FOUND MAGNETO BINDING INTERNALLY.