What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine quit shortly after takeoff. Cause not determined.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. CAUSE NOT DETERMINED.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Gilroy, CA · April 5, 1979
- Date
- April 5, 1979 · 11:20 local
- Place
- Gilroy, CA
- Phase of flight
- Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N7955N
- Reported as
- Piper PA28180
- Reported engine
- Lycoming O360A4A
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,700 total1,300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N7955NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.