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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Buffalo, NY · March 1, 1980

Date
March 1, 1980 · 13:29 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N750HK
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 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 stopped when fuel selector changed in flight. After storage in heated hangar, water drained from system.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED WHEN FUEL SELECTOR CHANGED IN FLIGHT. AFTER STORAGE IN HEATED HANGAR, WATER DRAINED FROM SYSTEM.

Other reports on N750HK · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.