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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Katy, TX · August 26, 1979

Date
August 26, 1979 · 13:35 local
Place
Katy, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95471
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total100 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.

Forced landing due to power loss. Found failed exhaust valve.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING DUE TO POWER LOSS. FOUND FAILED EXHAUST VALVE.