What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine quit on approach. Probable carburetor ice.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH. PROBABLE CARBURETOR ICE.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Quincy, IL · August 28, 1980
- Date
- August 28, 1980 · 19:45 local
- Place
- Quincy, IL
- Phase of flight
- Forced Landing
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N3515W
- Reported as
- Piper PA32260
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,000 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N3515WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.