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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-150 · Houston, MO · June 12, 1985

Date
June 12, 1985 · 09:50 local
Place
Houston, MO
Airport
Memorial
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5978W
Reported as
Piper PA28150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 in this make and model75 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.

Engine lost power on takeoff. Landed short of runway. Water in carburetor bowl. Auto fuel may be a factor.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. WATER IN CARBURETOR BOWL. AUTO FUEL MAY BE A FACTOR.