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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Boca Raton, FL · March 22, 1984

Date
March 22, 1984
Place
Boca Raton, FL
Airport
Public
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N870D
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total3,000 in this make and model20 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.

Oil pressure low. Feathered engine. Found rocker arm and push rod had partially penetrated its enclosure.

As the FAA filed it

OIL PRESSURE LOW. FEATHERED ENGINE. FOUND ROCKER ARM AND PUSH ROD HAD PARTIALLY PENETRATED ITS ENCLOSURE.