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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 108-3 · Sweetwater, TX · February 22, 1984

Date
February 22, 1984 · 14:08 local
Place
Sweetwater, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6316M
Reported as
Univar 1083
Reported engine
Franklin 6A4165B3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total31 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.

Rough engine. Problem became worse. Made a forced landing. Investigation disclosed a broken connecting rod.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE. PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. MADE A FORCED LANDING. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED A BROKEN CONNECTING ROD.