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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Boston, MA · September 2, 1979

Date
September 2, 1979 · 10:12 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NEC
Aircraft
N850ST
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total237 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 on final, fuel selector valve was not in detente.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL, FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS NOT IN DETENTE.

Other reports on N850ST · 5

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