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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-160 · Gaithersburg, MD · June 24, 1982

Date
June 24, 1982 · 17:45 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Gaithersburg
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4071P
Reported as
Piper PA23160
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,150 total65 in this make and model45 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.

Pilot tried to go around with one engine out on empty tank, propeller windmilling. Landed in field. Aux tanks full.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRIED TO GO AROUND WITH ONE ENGINE OUT ON EMPTY TANK, PROPELLER WINDMILLING. LANDED IN FIELD. AUX TANKS FULL.