19810203006019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Doylestown, PA · February 3, 1981

Date
February 3, 1981 · 09:46 local
Place
Doylestown, PA
Airport
Doylestown
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44579
Reported as
Piper PA28151
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total5,500 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.

Engine shut down shortly after takeoff. Investigation revealed ice crystals in fuel screen

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ICE CRYSTALS IN FUEL SCREEN