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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Philadelphia, PA · February 20, 1979

Date
February 20, 1979 · 15:25 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
North
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N38312
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total25 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.

Lost power on takeoff. Power off full flap landing made. Ran into snowbank. Probable carb ice.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. POWER OFF FULL FLAP LANDING MADE. RAN INTO SNOWBANK. PROBABLE CARB ICE.