30.2672° N, 97.7431° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 31, 1982 · 15:25 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Austin
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7974W
Reported as
Beech A2319
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,437 total22 in this make and model73 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.
On final approach pilot had considerable loss of power. Landed in field. Exhaust valve failed in cylinder.
As the FAA filed it
ON FINAL APPROACH PILOT HAD CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF POWER. LANDED IN FIELD. EXHAUST VALVE FAILED IN CYLINDER.