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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-11 · Alamogordo, NM · May 27, 1985

Date
May 27, 1985 · 16:42 local
Place
Alamogordo, NM
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N78843
Reported as
Piper PA11
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total100 in this make and model15 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.

Landed on road after engine sputtered and quit. Magneto points wee worn and not opening. Recent annual.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON ROAD AFTER ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. MAGNETO POINTS WEE WORN AND NOT OPENING. RECENT ANNUAL.