What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Oil leak caused by dipstick not being secured.
As the FAA filed it
OIL LEAK CAUSED BY DIPSTICK NOT BEING SECURED.
FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Flushing, NY · August 15, 1980
- Date
- August 15, 1980 · 17:50 local
- Place
- Flushing, NY
- Airport
- La Guardia
- Phase of flight
- Climb
- Operating rules
- Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft
- N27360
- Reported as
- Piper PA31
- Reported engine
- Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard
- 4
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 2,400 total1,400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N27360Registration cancelled May 7, 2004 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.