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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Yemassee, SC · July 8, 1981

Date
July 8, 1981 · 12:19 local
Place
Yemassee, SC
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3930W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total21 in this make and model19 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 zg lost engine power. Landed ok, found internal engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

ZA ZG LOST ENGINE POWER. LANDED OK, FOUND INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE.