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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28/ · White Plains, NY · December 7, 1978

Date
December 7, 1978 · 09:40 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Airport
Westchester Co
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N559FL
Reported as
Piper PA28/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total51 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 lost power during climb after takeoff due to an exhaust valve failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO AN EXHAUST VALVE FAILURE.