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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Des Moines, IA · September 28, 1979

Date
September 28, 1979 · 11:10 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6882Y
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 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.

Engine shut down in flight due to loss of oil pressure. A cylinder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. A CYLINDER HAD FAILED.