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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · San Jose, CA · July 22, 1984

Date
July 22, 1984 · 13:00 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N666KW
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total500 in this make and model25 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.

Right engine lost power on takeoff and regained partial power circling to land. Fuel pump was failing.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF AND REGAINED PARTIAL POWER CIRCLING TO LAND. FUEL PUMP WAS FAILING.