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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Sewell, NJ · February 23, 1980

Date
February 23, 1980 · 16:00 local
Place
Sewell, NJ
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N29215
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8 total8 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.

Carburetor throat blocked by polyurethane from improperly installed air filter element.

As the FAA filed it

CARBURETOR THROAT BLOCKED BY POLYURETHANE FROM IMPROPERLY INSTALLED AIR FILTER ELEMENT.