19790514026719I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Columbia, SC · May 14, 1979

Date
May 14, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
APR
Aircraft
N4028W
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 total350 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 lost power and emitted black smoke. Regained power at 1200. Fuel injector found to be leaking internally.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AND EMITTED BLACK SMOKE. REGAINED POWER AT 1200. FUEL INJECTOR FOUND TO BE LEAKING INTERNALLY.

Other reports on N4028W · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.