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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Poughkeepsie, NY · August 27, 1979

Date
August 27, 1979 · 18:20 local
Place
Poughkeepsie, NY
Airport
Duchess Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N59764
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,750 total200 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 quit in flight, found magneto had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT IN FLIGHT, FOUND MAGNETO HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N59764 · 4

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