# Incident 19800809068459I: Piper PA24250, Mechanicsville, VA, August 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1980, 15:45 local time
- Place: Mechanicsville, VA
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6299° N, 77.3548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mechanicsville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6299&lon=-77.3548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6613P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6613P-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800809068459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. AIR BOX FAILED, JAMMING CARBURETOR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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