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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-135 · Mccamey, TX · February 28, 1979

Date
February 28, 1979 · 17:30 local
Place
Mccamey, TX
Airport
Upton Co
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2231A
Reported as
Piper PA22135
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
329 total300 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 backfired on aborted takeoff roll. Fire consumed aircraft after pilot got out.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BACKFIRED ON ABORTED TAKEOFF ROLL. FIRE CONSUMED AIRCRAFT AFTER PILOT GOT OUT.