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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Albany, NY · August 28, 1978

Date: August 28, 1978 · 11:15 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Co
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: EMP
Aircraft: N546BA
Reported as: Piper PA31
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540A2B
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,720 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N546BARegistration cancelled Apr 29, 1983 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31709 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310

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 began to quit. Boost pump turned on and precautionary landing made. Fuel pump shaft sheared.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BEGAN TO QUIT. BOOST PUMP TURNED ON AND PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE. FUEL PUMP SHAFT SHEARED.

Other reports on N546BA · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19820105001919AInitial Approach-IFR · Ithaca, NYAircraft crashed during approach for landing. Pilots reported split flap condition turbulence was a factor.Jan 5, 1982 · Destroyed Incident 19810428027969ILevel Off Touchdown · Oriskany, NYNose gear collapsed at touchdown and gear indication light was green. Cycling gear in flight would not put out liteApr 28, 1981 · Minor damage Incident 19790208005629ILevel Off Touchdown · Boston, MAPilot landed on snow covered taxiway instead of runway.Feb 8, 1979