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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA24250 · Aurora, IL · August 3, 1979

Date
August 3, 1979 · 12:50 local
Place
Aurora, IL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6FF
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total80 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.

Fuel exhaustion due to break in fuel lines. Unapproved auto compression sleeve fitting installed.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO BREAK IN FUEL LINES. UNAPPROVED AUTO COMPRESSION SLEEVE FITTING INSTALLED.