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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-11 · Moffitsville, NY · October 10, 1983

Date: October 10, 1983 · 14:00 local
Place: Moffitsville, NY
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N149N
Reported as: Piper PA11
Reported engine: Continental C8512F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total11 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N149NRegistered now · Piper PA-11S/N 11-1421 · Built 1947 Airframe modelPiper PA-11 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power practicing low level operations. Landed downwind. Ground looped to avoid trees. Using automotive gas.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER PRACTICING LOW LEVEL OPERATIONS. LANDED DOWNWIND. GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID TREES. USING AUTOMOTIVE GAS.