40.7772° N, 73.8726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 21, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Laguardia
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N82120
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total600 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 shut down in flight due to noise followed by zero fuel flow.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO NOISE FOLLOWED BY ZERO FUEL FLOW.