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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA32/ · San Diego, CA · September 17, 1980

Date
September 17, 1980 · 14:40 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Montgomery
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3597W
Reported as
Piper PA32/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,775 total500 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.

Temporary loss of engine power after pilot kicked fuel selector.

As the FAA filed it

TEMPORARY LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AFTER PILOT KICKED FUEL SELECTOR.