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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Monticello, KY · July 23, 1979

Date
July 23, 1979 · 19:00 local
Place
Monticello, KY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ACF
Aircraft
N7717J
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540E4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,850 total250 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.

Oil pressure dropped and prop oversped. Engine oil pumped overboard when nuts on vacuum pump loosened.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AND PROP OVERSPED. ENGINE OIL PUMPED OVERBOARD WHEN NUTS ON VACUUM PUMP LOOSENED.