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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Lake Charles, LA · June 16, 1981

Date
June 16, 1981 · 17:45 local
Place
Lake Charles, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5501Y
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total240 in this make and model397 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.

Right engine failed during low level operations aircraft struck trees and landed in water.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE FAILED DURING LOW LEVEL OPERATIONS AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND LANDED IN WATER.