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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601 · San Jose, CA · February 3, 1983

Date
February 3, 1983 · 17:30 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N601WV
Reported as
Piper PA60601
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total500 in this make and model20 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 surged and quit. Started again using boost pump. Low fuel light came on. Water in fuel indicator unit.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE SURGED AND QUIT. STARTED AGAIN USING BOOST PUMP. LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. WATER IN FUEL INDICATOR UNIT.