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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R200 · Sandpoint, ID · December 17, 1981

Date
December 17, 1981 · 11:48 local
Place
Sandpoint, ID
Airport
Sandpoint
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
CGVML
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total250 in this make and model15 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 propeller overspeed enroute. Unable to control pitch. After landing found dirt in governor pressure relief valve

As the FAA filed it

ZA PROPELLER OVERSPEED ENROUTE. UNABLE TO CONTROL PITCH. AFTER LANDING FOUND DIRT IN GOVERNOR PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE