19781113026979I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Pocatalico, WV · November 13, 1978

Date
November 13, 1978 · 15:00 local
Place
Pocatalico, WV
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3732T
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
929 total8 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 on highway after engine quit. Found loose fitting on prop governor which allowed loss of oil.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY AFTER ENGINE QUIT. FOUND LOOSE FITTING ON PROP GOVERNOR WHICH ALLOWED LOSS OF OIL.