19831009067419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Chestertown, MD · October 9, 1983

Date: October 9, 1983 · 16:20 local
Place: Chestertown, MD
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6824J
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 151 total7 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N6824JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7625243 · Built 1976 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 on downwind. Left fuel tank dry. Right tank full. Poor aircraft familiarization and training.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON DOWNWIND. LEFT FUEL TANK DRY. RIGHT TANK FULL. POOR AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION AND TRAINING.