39.9523° N, 75.1638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 20, 1980 · 19:45 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
PLAA
Aircraft
N6821J
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total8 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.
Za flight returned due to high oil temperature and unusual sounds. Aircraft had been serviced with wrong type fuel.
As the FAA filed it
ZA FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE AND UNUSUAL SOUNDS. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SERVICED WITH WRONG TYPE FUEL.