# Incident 19790904034369I: Piper PA22135, Babylon, NY, September 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1979, 13:45 local time
- Place: Babylon, NY
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6937° N, 73.3260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Babylon, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6937&lon=-73.3260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8801C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8801C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904034369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ZA ZG ZH EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATED WITH WATER.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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