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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Richmond, VA · May 13, 1979

Date: May 13, 1979 · 17:32 local
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Byrd International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6581Y
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,800 total83 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6581YRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3881 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Loss of oil preesure preceeded engine shutdown. Vectors to airport, 8 quarts oil added. Engine had minor oil leak.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF OIL PREESURE PRECEEDED ENGINE SHUTDOWN. VECTORS TO AIRPORT, 8 QUARTS OIL ADDED. ENGINE HAD MINOR OIL LEAK.