19781210023739I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Doylestown, PA · December 10, 1978

Date
December 10, 1978 · 10:36 local
Place
Doylestown, PA
Airport
Warrington
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N41978
Reported as
Piper PA28151
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,500 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.

Airplane deiced in hangar then lost power after takeoff. Plugs were sooted, water found in carb air hose

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE DEICED IN HANGAR THEN LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. PLUGS WERE SOOTED, WATER FOUND IN CARB AIR HOSE