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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper L-21B · Breckenridge, TX · March 1, 1983

Date
March 1, 1983 · 17:30 local
Place
Breckenridge, TX
Airport
Stephens County
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1383N
Reported as
Piper L21B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total2,000 in this make and model40 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.

Engine cut out after takeoff. Landed in field. Landing gear broke. Found contamination in fuel tank.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE CUT OUT AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED IN FIELD. LANDING GEAR BROKE. FOUND CONTAMINATION IN FUEL TANK.