19791001051459I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Arcadia, MO · October 1, 1979

Date
October 1, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Arcadia, MO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31922
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,350 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.

Exhaust valve failed at the stem.

As the FAA filed it

EXHAUST VALVE FAILED AT THE STEM.