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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Texarkana, AR · September 11, 1983

Date: September 11, 1983 · 07:15 local
Place: Texarkana, AR
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9540W
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Reported engine: Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N9540WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-22970 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 quit during a stall. Found a screw left in carburetor at needle valve. Held needle valve up. Flooded engine.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DURING A STALL. FOUND A SCREW LEFT IN CARBURETOR AT NEEDLE VALVE. HELD NEEDLE VALVE UP. FLOODED ENGINE.