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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Rochester, NY · May 15, 1979

Date
May 15, 1979 · 04:30 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N145K
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total400 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.

Throttle cable on right engine broke, pilot could not reduce power. Shut engine down, landed safely. PN248940.

As the FAA filed it

THROTTLE CABLE ON RIGHT ENGINE BROKE, PILOT COULD NOT REDUCE POWER. SHUT ENGINE DOWN, LANDED SAFELY. PN248940.