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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Florence, SC · December 8, 1978

Date
December 8, 1978 · 11:00 local
Place
Florence, SC
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7437Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,260 total1,213 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.

Left engine fuel flow dropped. Muffled explosions heard. Fuel line had broken. Fuel exploding in exhaust trail.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FUEL FLOW DROPPED. MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS HEARD. FUEL LINE HAD BROKEN. FUEL EXPLODING IN EXHAUST TRAIL.

Other reports on N7437Y · 1

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